Catching Up on the Canadian DMCA Coverage

When it comes to business there's two things that the US is deadly serious about- patents (and expanding them) and copyright law. This is being played out now in the introduction of the new bill introduced in the Canadian Parliament yesterday.

The amount of coverage and discussion about the Canadian DMCA has simply been overwhelming.  You can view the actual introduction of the bill, local TV coverage, and national TV coverage.  You can read mainstream media coverage (Globe, National Post, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, Vancouver Sun, CBC), wire services coverage (UPI, Reuters, CEP), online media coverage (Ars Technica, Techdirt), newspaper editorials (Toronto Star supports the introduction), and commentary pieces (mine, Terence Corcoran's in the National Post).  You can read Industry Minister Jim Prentice's quick reference in the House of Commons to support from copyright lobby groups and the support itself (music industry, BSA, ACTRA).  You can read the comments from groups that oppose the bill (Canadian Library Association, Canadian Music Creators Coalition, Documentary Organization of Canada,  CIPPIC, Appropriation Art). You can read commentary from profs (Trosow, Murray) and bloggers (Ingram, Doctorow, McOrmond, CopyrightWatch) and screenwriters (Hey Writer Boy).  You can also read the bill.
And when you're done reading, start speaking out.

Catching Up on the Canadian DMCA Coverage
Michael Geist
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:00:17 GMT