samtrosow.ca - Copyright Consultations in Home Stretch

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)

Friday, 11 September 2009

As the government's Copyright Consultations enters the home stretch, you still have time to make your voice heard. The submission period will run until Sunday September 13th.

Submissions can be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , and they are being posted at the government's official consultation website along with transcripts from the roundtables and town hall meeting.

More information and commentary is available at Speak Out on Copyright website.

Unfortunately, the submissions are only listed chronologically on the official website. Here are some selections from organizations and individuals. . .

Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives

British Columbia Teachers' Federation

Canadian Alliance of Student Associations

Canada's Association for Free/Libre and Open Source

Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights

Canadian Council of Archives

Canadian Federation of Students

Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic

Canadian National Institute For the Blind

Project Gutenberg Canada

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.