Canadian Copyright Law
Jul. 27th, 2009 09:43 pmThe Canadian Government is hosting public consultations on copyright "modernization" this summer. It runs from the 20th of July to the 13th of September.
They've a shiny new website set up for this that is full of information and submission instructions, etc.
The Following Round Tables are being/have been held:
July 20: Vancouver
July 21: Calgary
July 29: Gatineau
July 30: Montreal
August 5: Winnipeg
August 27: Toronto
(Toronto's already been booked up - you need to register - but Montreal hasn't, for those of you interested in that sort of thing.)
It's an important discussion in general, and something I believe to be relevant to the interests of the fannish community.
[The (current) Copyright Act may be found: here. There is also a blog, following and summarising.]
They've a shiny new website set up for this that is full of information and submission instructions, etc.
The Following Round Tables are being/have been held:
July 20: Vancouver
July 21: Calgary
July 29: Gatineau
July 30: Montreal
August 5: Winnipeg
August 27: Toronto
(Toronto's already been booked up - you need to register - but Montreal hasn't, for those of you interested in that sort of thing.)
It's an important discussion in general, and something I believe to be relevant to the interests of the fannish community.
[The (current) Copyright Act may be found: here. There is also a blog, following and summarising.]