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Tracking the Copyright Consultation Submissions: July 25-30, 2009
Sunday August 9, 2009
As promised, I will continue to update the key points found in the hundreds of submissions received by the government as part of the copyright consultation. The July 20 - 24th summary was posted here. This chart bring the data up to July 30th (note that the government has already posted some of the submissions from a few later days). Further, with five weeks left in the consultation, what are you waiting for - speak out on copyright today!
| Position |
Number of Supporters |
| Submissions against another Bill C-61 | 222 |
| Submissions in favour of shorter copyright term | 49 |
| Submissions against anti-circumvention or in favour of limiting DRM/Digital locks | 270 |
| Submissions in favour of stronger personal use/copying and backup protections |
243 |
| Submissions in favour of an “open copyright” system | 8 |
| Submissions advocating an end to the Crown Copyright | 4 |
| Submissions opposed to adopting an American-styled DMCA | 21 |
| Submissions in favour of stronger fair use/fair dealing protections | 34 |
| Submissions opposed to implementing WIPO | 4 |
| Submissions in favour of eliminating all copyright |
2 |
| Submissions against a three-strikes rule | 10 |
| Submissions that favour a “notice and notice” approach |
213 |
| Submissions in favour of instituting a levy for file-sharing | 6 |
| Submissions in favour of greater exemptions for education/research | 10 |
| Submissions in favour of establish a good-faith defence that the user believed their use of a work was fair and non-infringing | 213 |
| Submissions in favour of laws that are technologically neutral |
6 |
| Submissions that argue individuals should be able to share media for free as long as they are not profiting off the media |
6 |
| Submissions in favour of stronger penalties for copyright infringement |
2 |
| Submissions in favour of turning copyright into a crime | 1 |
| Submissions against works being available in digital or other forms for free |
20 |
| Submissions arguing for more support for writers |
6 |
| Submissions in favour of implementing WIPO |
1 |
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