• Home
  • Coalition
    • Who We Are
    • Media Release
    • Letter to Ministers 01_08
    • The Coalition: List
    • Gordon Duggan
      • Gordon Duggan Submission
    • The Coalition Links
    • Open Letter
  • News
    • Editorials
  • Issues
    • Implications
    • Legislation
  • Archive
  • Documents
  • Contact
  • Take Action
    • Copyright Consultation Submission
    • 51st State
    • Bill C-32 Action

A Coalition of Art Professionals
  • Media
    • Blogsphere
      • Election Blog
    • Election Media
  • Cultural Implications
  • Action
    • election action
  • Legislation
    • Canadian Law
    • Canadian Law Main
    • US Law Main
  • News
    • Editorials
    • Copyright news
    • Cultural News
    • Political News
  • The Coalition

Subscribe to Appropriation ArtNews FeedSubscribe to Appropriation ArtComments

Copyright Consultations Commence

July 23, 2009 by gduggan  
Filed under Editorials

Comments Off

consultationsA Copyright Consultation process was initiated by the Conservative Government three days ago. The process is described as ‘nation-wide consultations’. The Conservative government say they want to ‘ensure that all perspectives are taken into account in an open and transparent process’. The Appropriation Art Coalition would like to encourage Artists and Cultural Sector workers to assist the government in being both open and transparent.

The consultations are being described as an effort to solicit Canadians’ opinions on the issue of copyright. Consultations run from July 20 – September 13. How much the results of this process will actually inform new legislation in the Fall we will wait to find out. Michael Geist writes that the most important element of the process will be the online forum and public comments. He has launched a new website (SpeakOutOnCopyright) in an effort to facilitate greater participation in the consultation process.

The consultation process has been split into various levels or hierarchies; ‘Round Tables’, ‘Town Halls’ and an online forum. The Appropriation Art Coalition, and others active in the fight for balanced copyright have been invited to Town Hall meetings. The Round Table discussions were closed prior to announcing the consultations. In a phone conversation with Conservative Headquarters it was not guaranteed that everyone in a Townhall meeting would be able to speak. Though labelled a nation-wide process there are only two Town-Hall venues, in Toronto and Montreal.

We hope this proves to be a meaningful and important consultation process. We would like to see changes to legislation that protect the rights of many artists and galleries. We encourage artists and cultural sector workers to make your voice heard. Freedom of expression is something that is a unique privilege in Canada and one which must be protected. Please contact us at contact@appropriationart.ca if you have any questions. Visit Michael’ Geist’s website to participate in his discussion on this process. And then speak out.

We’ll be posting our comment in the next day or two.

The Official Conservative Copyright Consultation Site
Speak Out On Copyright Site

Tags:

The Ottawa Citizen: Industry Minister Tony Clement announced

July 23, 2009 by gduggan  
Filed under Media

Comments Off

Copyright talks to maximize input
Opinions, suggestions of public to aid government in drafting new legislation

Vito Pilieci, The Ottawa Citizen July 22, 2009

The Ottawa Citizen: Industry Minister Tony Clement announced in Vancouver on Monday the government would begin nationwide consultations with Canadians to get feedback on copyright laws.

The first discussion was to be held that evening, another was held Tuesday evening in Calgary, and while the last-minute nature of these consultations might seem suspicious, at least one of Canada’s copyright watchdog groups says the short notice ensures that the voice of every consumer is being heard.

“This kind of approach plays to the strengths of the consumer movement around copyright,” said David Fewer, acting director of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa. “The copyright collectives have money and time and they can prepare glossy stuff and big studies and throw lawyers and lobbyists at this kind of stuff. But that takes time to prepare.”

Tags:

Michael Geist: SpeakOutOnCopyright.ca Launches…

July 23, 2009 by gduggan  
Filed under Blogsphere

Comments Off

Michael Geist: SpeakOutOnCopyright.ca Launches

To help facilitate greater participation throughout the consultation process, today I am launching SpeakOutOnCopyright.ca. The site features dozens of posts and videos on Canadian copyright law, the Twitter #copycon stream, information on Bill C-61, and a Take Action page that highlights the ways individual Canadians can speak out on copyright.

Tags:

A Coalition of Art Professionals

51 State

An ironic chronicle of the fight to maintain Freedom of Expression in Canada. 51st State is a clickable comic book. It links to 193 websites, blogs, films and papers and articles. For best viewing download to your hard drive and then click links. download


eNews & Updates

Sign up to receive breaking news
as well as receive other site updates!

Related Videos

  • COPYRIGHT LINKS

    • Digital Copyright Canada
    • Excess Copyright
    • Fair Copyright for Canada
    • faircopyright.ca
    • Michael Geist
  • EN FRANÇAIS

    • L’APPROPRIATION ARTISTIQUE
  • ORGANIZATIONS

    • Copyright for Canadians
  • Archives

    • June 2010
    • December 2009
    • August 2009
    • July 2009
    • October 2008
    • July 2008
    • June 2008
    • May 2008
    • April 2008
    • March 2008
    • February 2008
    • January 2008
    • December 2007
    • November 2007
    • August 2007
    • June 2007
    • May 2007
    • March 2007
    • January 2007
    • December 2006
    • November 2006
    • October 2006
    • September 2006
    • July 2006
    • June 2006
  • Admin

    • Log in
    • WordPress
    • XHTML
  • Categories

    • Media
      • Blogsphere
      • Election Media
    • Cultural Implications
    • Legislation
      • Canadian Law
      • Canadian Law Main
      • US Law Main
    • The Coalition

Copyright © 2008 · All Rights Reserved · Revolution Church theme by Brian Gardner · Powered by WordPress · Log in