Macleans.ca has posted a series of photographs from this week's copyright forum in Toronto.
Fair Dealing by Giulia Forsythe (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/dRkXwP
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The CBC reports that Vancouver Olympic organizers have filed suit against a B.C. ticket re-seller. Without a ticket re-sale law in the province, VANOC is using copyright and consumer protection legislation.
Tell Me Lies
This evening I participated in a lively, well-attended forum on copyright in Toronto. Hosted by MP Olivia Chow, the panel included MP Charlie Angus, Victoria Owen (representing the Canadian Library Association), Stephen Waddell (ACTRA), and Don Quarles (Songwriters). A streamed version of the event should soon be available here.
While the discussion covered a range of issues and featured some important revelations which I'll address soon in a separate post, I thought that I would post my opening remarks. I used as my starting point Clay Shirky's terrific post on the weekend about newspapers and applied some of his thoughts to Canadian copyright. My prepared remarks:
Making It Work Copyright Forum
Later today I'll be participating in a copyright forum in Toronto together with MPs Olivia Chow and Charlie Angus, as well as representatives from ACTRA, the Songwriters Association of Canada, and the Canadian Library Association. Details at the Facebook event page or catch the event streamed on UStream.
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