Jumping on the blogger bandwagon, I am posting the text of my copyright consultation submission here. Nothing much here that others haven’t said better already, but it seems like this type of public recording may be a good idea.
-Greyson
To Whom it May Concern,
Thank you for providing this special opportunity for Canadians to make our voices [...]
I’m back from summer holidays to remind you to submit your copyright consultation comments! And to let you know that Vancouver Fair Copyright Coalition has made a pretty awesome guide to participating in the online copyright consultations. Copyright Consultation Made Easy (pdf) appears to my eyes to be truly intelligible to “regular” people (which is [...]
Just a quick note here tonight – the copyright round tables and town halls are being archived here.
Immediate reaction after skimming the Vancouver transcript: pretty good! I’m impressed with the guest list, and some really useful things were said! I also think the gov’t will have a hard time introducing anouther C-61 after all this [...]
Further to yesterday’s post about the Canadian copyright consultation, here are the details I know so far:
Library associations were among those invited to the roundtables…or at least the BC Library Association was invited to (and attended) the kickoff one in Vancouver.
There will be town hall meetings open to the pre-registered public in Montreal (July 30, [...]
The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) now has an OA policy for grantees!
Apparently the Policy on Open Access to Research Outputs (FAQ here, actual policy in PDF here) went into effect in October, but perhaps it was quite a soft launch at the time, as it’s not in Sherpa JULIET funder mandate list yet [...]
Most people who live in British Columbia are well aware of the multitudinous controversies surrounding the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, which will take place in Greater Vancouver & Whistler next February. However, when I talk to friends and family from other places, I am reminded what a bubble I live in. Most people are not [...]
Apple announced yesterday that they are now offering iTunes Plus songs (News release – there doesn’t seem to be a permalink). iTunes Plus files are DRM-free, so that is nice. The not so nice part is that if you want to convert your previous purchases to this DRM-free version, you’ll need to to pay: 30 [...]
Here’s a confession: I don’t really ‘get’ DRM. I mean, I can describe what it is, talk about related legislation, and discuss its impacts on intellectual property law and practice, but I don’t really know the extent to which it’s present in my life.
I’m one of those people who total non-techies think is a real [...]
