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Wednesday September 9, 2009
The Missing Roundtable Transcripts

The copyright consultation is days away from its conclusion and missing content from the consultation website has emerged as a problem.  The posting of submissions has been inconsistent throughout the process, but that may be a result of volume.  The delays in posting transcripts from the invitation-only roundtables, however, is inexcusable.  The Toronto roundtable took place on August 27th and the Peterborough roundtable on September 1st.  It should not take more than a week to post a transcript of each event.  While there are audio files available (which led to my post on the Bell comments in Toronto), most people do not have three hours to listen to the events.  Instead, many rely on transcripts and may want to respond to what is said in their final submissions.

2009 Copyright Consultation
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Thursday September 3, 2009
The Edmonton and Quebec City Copyright Roundtables

The goverment has now posted the audio of the recent Edmonton and Quebec City roundtables.  Both roundtables featured a wide range of perspectives.  The chart below highlights the key positions of each speaker.  I will post a chart of all roundtable positions once the audio of the Toronto and Peterborough roundtables have been posted.

 

Roundtable Location
 Name and Organization
 Key Messages
Edmonton
 Linda Cameron, University of Alberta Press
 Opposed to expanding fair dealing, no  broad education exemption, copyright collectives, protect TPMs
Shane Kennedy, Lone Pine Productions
 Protect TPMs, no vague fair dealing
Ernie Ingles, Vice Provost, University of Alberta
 Fair dealing, circumvention for non-infringing purposes, abolish Crown Copyright, flexibility
Myrna Kostash, Writer No change to fair dealing, no new exceptions, strengthen collective licensing
Jane Bisbee, Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association
 Fairness for both sides
Chris Henderson, University of Alberta Students Union
 Access to copyrighted materials for education and research
Alexandra Hatcher, Alberta Museums Association
 Research and study exemptions for museums
Rick Leech, Library Association of Alberta
 Balance, fair dealing, research and education exemptions, circumvention for non-infringing purposes, end Crown Copyright, access for the disabled, notice and notice
Quebec City
 Jean Grégoire, University Students Association of Quebec
 Expand fair use, education exemptions
Hélène Messier, Société québécoise de gestion collective des droits de reproduction (COPIBEC)
 Balance, collective management, licenses, artists need to be paid.
Raymond Legault, Union des artistes
 Expand private copying levy, moral rights, P2P
Alain Lauzon, Society for reproduction rights of authors, composers and publishers in Canada (SODRAC)
 Expand personal use, no expansion to fair use, no new exceptions, limit P2P
Christian Bédard, Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels (RAAV)
 Resale rights, exhibition royalties, protection for photographs 
Aline Côté, Association nationale des éditeurs de livres (ANEL)
 Control over digital content/eBooks
Alexia Roussos, Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec (APFTQ)
 Notice-and-notice, technological neutrality, royalties
Diane Lamarre, Professional Music Publishers Association (PMPA)
 Expand private copying levy, technological neutrality
Lyette Bouchard, Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ)
 Balance, technological neutrality, limit illegal file-sharing, opposed to radio exemptions
Jean Chabot, Association pour l'avancement des sciences et des techniques de la documentation
 Fair use, library exceptions, clarity, flexibility
Martin Hudon, Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec (CREPUQ)
 Exceptions for digital content, clarity

 

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