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CANADA UNVEILS NEXT ATTEMPT AT COPYRIGHT REFORM
Posted by Sean McManus
June 2, 2010 at 4:45pm
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This afternoon, federal Industry Minister Tony Clement released details on the Canadian Government's latest attempt at copyright reform. The last recent attempt, bill C-61 died on the order paper when parliament was prorogued in 2008.
The new legislation is an attempt to balance the rights of copyright holders and consumers. Initial reaction is mixed, which can likely be seen as a victory for the government, as public opinion on this issue is generally weighted heavily against any kind of reform.
Michael Geist, one of the most vocal and most listened to voices in the debate, has offered a guarded response and a good amount of info on his blog. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5080/125/
Additional info is available from: CBC; Globe and Mail; Reuters; and Reuters; Business Week; Winnipeg Free Press.
Specific to music, the proposed legislation creates provisions for private copying between personal devices. In addition, the term of copyright protection for sound recordings for performers and producers will be extended to 50 years from the first release date.
COPYRIGHT BLOG ENTRY BECOMES HEADLINE NEWS
Posted by Sean McManus
June 1, 2010 at 2:00pm
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The man at the heart of the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook page created a media storm last month with comments claiming that the Harper government was within weeks of releasing a new copyright bill.
Michael Geist and his facebook properties came to public prominence in 2007 with his fight against the government's planned copyright reform and bill C60, which was said to be a close copy of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
In May, Geist posted comments on his blog that cited unnamed sources, saying that the government was close to releasing details of a new copyright bill, which he called "the most anti-consumer copyright bill in Canadian history."
Within hours, the post generated news items across traditional and online media - Geist catalogued in the following day's blog entry - all of it generating hundreds of comments and much of it pointing back to Geist's Facebook pages.
The public interest and debate in issues around copyright is to be commented, to be sure. Unfortunately, most of the noise comes from consumer advocate camps and those that believe getting free things off the internet is their right, making a discussion about creators' rights difficult.
In this recent move, Geist has shown how adept he is at getting in front of the story - to some extent manufacturing a story - and has successfully enlisted the mainstream media in his quest to build a facebook army in advance for the next round in this battle.
