Saw this on another list...
MG
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From:
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[mailto:
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Borynec
Sent: September 28, 2006 5:41 PM
To:
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Subject: [d@DCC] Anti-copyright - no more maps?
Here is an interesting question?
Canada soon will not be printing topographical maps.
You will have to download and print them yourself
(if you have a big enough printer, otherwise you are SOL - which will be
the case for everyone.
What copyright issues are raised by this move?
Can anyone set up a business copying and printing maps?
Has Canada effectively abandoned the copyright?
See attached message below for more details:
From: CARTA-L : Canadian Map & GIS Libraries and Archives
[mailto:
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Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 2:23 PM
To:
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Subject: Save the Maps website now live
As of January 2007, Natural Resources Canada will discontinue the
printing of paper topographic maps and will close the Canada Map Office.
Our government wants to get out of the business of producing printed
maps .
Many Canadians place a priority on the paper map service the Government
currently provides. Natural Resources Canada 's digital mapping
policy will effectively cut off access to the majority of Canadians.
However, our politicians see this issue as a m inor one. ACMLA, which
represents both the public and research communities, would like to
convince them otherwise. This policy will have an enormous impact on the
Canadian public and our map users. The Minister of Natural Resources has
a responsibility to listen to our point of view. This is not a m
inor policy amendment but a m ajor change that has implications not just
for map librarians but for the ordinary Canadian who is looking for
a m ap for their cottage or who wants to go snowmobiling or hiking.
Canada can be a vast and unforgiving country without a m ap in hand.
How you can help:
This is a political issue and we must get the message out to as many
Canadians and organizations as soon as possible. An independent website
has been set up to lobby and inform Canadians. ACMLA asks its members to
support this initiative by sending emails to inform associations,
university departments, schools, individuals, etc. of the Government of
Canada's decision to abandon printing paper topographic maps. Let
your M.P. and your Minister of Natural Resources know what their
constituents think of this decision.
Support Access to Maps for Canadians :
http://www.mapsforcanadians.ca/Heather McAdam
GIS Coordinator
Maps, Data and Government Information Centre
Carleton University Library
Email: Heather_McAdam @Carleton.ca
Phone: 520-2600 ext. 8924
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