samtrosow.ca - Initial Reactions to Copyright Bill

Canadian Copyright: A Citizen's Guide

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Copyright's Rationales

Reviews:

Quill and Quire

Excess Copyright

CAUT Bulletin

Laura Murray is an Associate Professor in the English Department of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and creator of the website www.faircopyright.ca.

Samuel Trosow is an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. He is jointly appointed in the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies.

Blog Roll

arielkatz.ca/

cippic.ca

Creators' Access Copyright

digital-copyright.ca/

excesscopyright

fairduty.wordpress.com/

freedom-to-tinker.com/

Recording Industry vs The People

Social Justice Librarian

techdirt.com

torrentfreak.com

Union Library Workers

whithertheuofa.blogspot.com/

Recent Decisions

Federal Court of Appeal
Alberta (Education) v. Access Copyright
2010 FCA 198 (July 23, 2010) (pdf)
US Federal Court of Appeals
MGE UPS Systems Inc. v. GE Consumer and Industrial Inc.
(5th Cir. July 20, 2010)
Supreme Court of Canada
Ontario (Public Safety and Security) v.
Criminal Lawyers’ Association
(June 17, 2010)
Federal Court of Appeal
SOCAN v Bell Canada (May 27, 2010)
(Application for Leave filed Aug. 13, 2010)
Copyright Board
Repographic Reproductons (Educational Institutions)

Reasons (June 26, 2009)
BC Supreme Court
(November 24, 2008)
Canwest Mediaworks v Horizon Publications
US Federal District Court
(Southern District NY)
Viacom v YouTube (July 2, 2008)
Commentary
US Federal District Court
(Eastern District of Virginia)
A.V. v IParadigms (March 11, 2008)
(Commentary)
Copyright Board
Reproduction of Sound Recordings by Commercial Radio Stations

Reasons (Feb. 29, 2008)
Commentary (Howard Knopf)
WTO (WT/DS285/ARB, Dec. 21, 2007),
Press (NY Times, Register),
Commentary (William Patry, Howard Knopf)
Copyright Board
SOCAN Tariff 22.A (1996-2006)
Internet - Online Music Services
Reasons (Oct. 18, 2007)
Copyright Board
Private Copying 2008-2009
Reasons (July 19, 2007)

Initial Reactions to Copyright Bill

Friday, 04 June 2010

Here are some early reactions to Bill C-32, the Copyright Modernization Act . . .

Appropriation Art

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)

Business Coalition for Balanced Copyright

Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights

Canadian Library Association (CLA)

Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)

Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) [member advisory]

Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA)

Consumers Council of Canada

Documentary Organization of Canada

Green Party of Canada

NDP

Unhappy with the expansion of fair-dealing, Access Copyright and the Writers Union of Canada have issued a strong denouncements of the bill, but the Canadian Entertainment Software Association and the Canadian Recording Industry Association have given it strong praise. Also in contrast to Access Copyright, SOCAN has issued a generally positive statement, subject to further detailed analysis.The Canadian Private Copying Collective has criticized the bill for failing to extend the private copying levy to digital audio devices such as MP3s.

Some more analysis to follow soon. . .

[Note: a very useful side-by-side comparison of Bills C-61 and C-32 has been posted here.]

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I am an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario jointly appointed to the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS).

Before coming to Western, I was a law librarian at the Boalt Hall Law Library at the University of California at Berkeley and before that I was in private law practice in California. My doctoral work in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA focused on information policy issues.

I am currently a Network Investigator and Theme Leader with the GRAND NCE and also serve on the Librarians Committee of the Canadian Association of University Teachers.