TheStar.com | Canada | Last chance for input on copyright legislation - The Diigo Meta page

• 12 Sep 09
  

  Patrick O'Keefe
  • Canadians have until Sunday to give their two cents on how best to protect intellectual property at a time when words and music can be uploaded and downloaded in seconds around the world.
  • Liberal and Conservative governments have spent the better part of the last decade reviewing the Copyright Act, which was penned long before the Internet existed.
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  • • The Conservatives put forward a bill in June 2008 to change the act, but were roundly criticized for not consulting Canadians. The government went back to the drawing board.
    • The responsibility for canvassing Canadians has been shared by Industry Minister Tony Clement and James Moore, minister of Canadian heritage and official languages.
    • Clement said the amended law must avoid being technology-specific and instead apply basic principles to technology as it evolves.
• 10 Sep 09
  

  Jonathan Bailey

  126 canada dmca legislation

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