Posted by
Heather Morrison on
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Copyright-Consultation-Consultations-sur-le-droit-d-auteur-tp1720p1723.html
Reasons for civicaccess people to participate:
If US - style anti-circumvention laws come into effect, this can
legally lock down data that is legitimately open. Just slap on a
barrier, and breaking the barrier is illegal, even if you have every
right to what is behind the barrier.
The Fair Copyright movement is one with much fundamentally in common
with the open data movement, there is even a fair bit of overlap of
the people involved.
For more info / how to help, one good source is Michael Geist's blog.
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does not represent the opinion or policy of BC Electronic Library
Network or Simon Fraser University Library.
Heather Morrison
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On 2009-07-23, at 8:10 AM, "Tracey P. Lauriault" <
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wrote:
> Copyright Consultation / Consultations sur le droit d'auteur
> (July 20 until September 13, 2009)
>
http://copyright.econsultation.ca/>
> Funny that we never have such consultations on issues like
> homelessness, poverty, women, other social policy issues, humanities
> research funding going business, the dismantling of Canada's
> scientific institutions, archiving, and so on. I wonder whom the
> "New" government is trying to mobilize for the next election.
>
> Do not get me wrong, I think this is great, and I think those who can
> should participate and contribute to this, but lets be critical about
> what is not being discussed, lets not get all excited about the
> feigning of participatory democracy by this government with this one
> and only consultation, and lets think why this is being discussed and
> whose interests are being served and whose issues are silent.
>
> Cheers
> Tracey
> --
> Tracey P. Lauriault
> 613-234-2805
>
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