The Digital Copyright Canada forum was started in Aug 2001 by Russell McOrmond to allow for a public response to that phase of the Canadian copyright revision process. While the forum focuses on digital copyright, related issues of patents, copyright, trademarks (PCT) and other sui generis protections are included.
About
Many of the participants are proponents of more recent "
commons-based peer production
Commons-based peer production (CBPP) is a term coined by Harvard Law School professor Yochai Benkler. It describes a model of socio-economic production in which large numbers of people work cooperatively; usually over the Internet. Commons-based ...
" methodologies which include Free/
Libre
Libre may refer to:
Computing
* Libre software, free software
* Libre Computer Project, developer of open-hardware single-board computers
Medicine
* FreeStyle Libre, a glucose monitoring device
Media
* Libre Times, news site which people can fr ...
and Open Source Software (
FLOSS
Free and open-source software (FOSS) is a term used to refer to groups of software consisting of both free software and open-source software where anyone is freely licensed to use, copy, study, and change the software in any way, and the source ...
) and the
Creative Commons. Members represent both creators and users. Most creator members feel the greatest threat to their rights is not copyright infringement, but excessive control by past creators who stifle creativity that builds upon the past.
Activities include discussion forums, an active
blog
A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order s ...
letter writing to Members of Canadian Parliament and two petitions: Th
Petition for Users Rightsand th
Petition to protect Information Technology Property rights
Members of this forum met with members of the
House of Commons of Canada to discuss digital copyright and related issues in the hope that they will take the concerns of this group into consideration with proposed bills such as
Bill C-60
''An Act to amend the Copyright Act'' (Bill C-60) was a proposed law to amend the '' Copyright Act'' initiated by the Government of Canada in the First Session of the Thirty-Eighth Parliament. Introduced by the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Mi ...
tabled by the Liberal Government in June 2005 and upcoming legislation proposed by the Conservative Government.
See also
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Copyright Act of Canada
The ''Copyright Act'' of Canada is the federal statute governing copyright law in Canada. It is jointly administered by the Department of Industry Canada and the Department of Canadian Heritage. The ''Copyright Act'' was first passed in 1921 and s ...
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Bill C-60
''An Act to amend the Copyright Act'' (Bill C-60) was a proposed law to amend the '' Copyright Act'' initiated by the Government of Canada in the First Session of the Thirty-Eighth Parliament. Introduced by the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Mi ...
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Captain Copyright
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Private copying levy
A private copying levy (also known as blank media tax or levy) is a government-mandated scheme in which a special tax or levy (additional to any general sales tax) is charged on purchases of recordable media. Such taxes are in place in various c ...
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Digital rights management
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Notes
References
*''In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law'' edited by
Michael Geist
Michael Allen Geist (born July 11, 1968) is a Canadian academic, the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law at the University of Ottawa and a member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society. Geist was educated at the Univers ...
. Toronto: Irwin Law, 2005 {{ISBN, 1-55221-113-4
External links
Digital Copyright Canada KillBillC60.caMembers of Parliament met by Russell McOrmond
Political movements in Canada
Computer law organizations
Politics and technology
Intellectual property activism
Copyright law organizations