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Comparing The Two Copyright Bills: C-32 vs. C-61
June 4, 2010 - 8:54am

Thanks to the hard work of my research assistant Keith Rose, posted below is comparison chart of the two Conservative copyright bills - this week's C-32 vs. the 2008 C-61 bill.  An annotated version can be accessed here.  A straight comparison is available here and embedded below. 

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"C-61 Didn't Go Far Enough"
July 18, 2009 - 4:00am

Duncan McKie of the Canadian Independent Record Production Association comments on the forthcoming copyright consultation.  There is a great opportunity with this consultation but also a great threat as groups like CIRPA will be demanding reforms that extend beyond even C-61.

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Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians Adopts Copyright Resolutions
May 13, 2009 - 1:25pm

2009-02:     Fair Dealing

Whereas, Section 29 of Canada's Copyright Act lists research, private study, criticism, review and news reporting as items that are considered "fair dealing" and hence not violations of copyright; and

Whereas, in order to expand access, members of the AEBC believe this concept
must be expanded;

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Privacy Commissioner of Canada on C-61
October 2, 2008 - 4:56am
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Graduate Students on Copyright Reform
September 21, 2008 - 1:28am

The National Graduate Caucus has issued a release focusing on the need to preserve fair dealing.

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61 Reforms to C-61 - Wrap-Up Post
September 17, 2008 - 9:10am

Consultation
Day 1: Remedy the Lack of Consultation

Format Shifting:
Day 2: Format Shifting Limited to Videocassettes
Day 3: Format Shifting Subject to Digital Lock Provision
Day 4: Format Shifting's 12 Step Approval Process

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61 Reforms to C-61, Day 61: The Mysterious Section 3
September 15, 2008 - 7:57pm
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61 Reforms to C-61, Day 60: Photography Provisions
September 12, 2008 - 6:06pm

Alex Cameron wrote a detailed analysis of similar provisions in Bill C-60 that highlight potential concerns related to privacy (ie. photographer using a commissioned photo without permission) and striking the right balance.  Cameron recommended the adoption of the Australian approach, which vests copyright for photographs commissioned for private or domestic purposes with the commissioner but grants the photographer the right to restrain uses not contemplated at the time of commissioning:

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61 Reforms to C-61, Day 59: Statutory Damages Reform - Removes Court Discretion For Reduced Damages
September 11, 2008 - 8:15pm

1.   Under the current Copyright Act, the statutory damages provisions sets a minimum of $500 per infringement and a maximum of $20,000.  However, there are two exceptions that can reduce the minimum.  First, Section 38.1(2) provides that

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61 Reforms to C-61, Day 58: Statutory Damages Reform - What It Doesn't Cover
September 10, 2008 - 5:20pm

The provision also does nothing to address personal infringement that may occur when a user transfers a DVD to their computer or a copy-protected CD to their iPod.  The bill states that:

Subsections (1.1) to (1.3) do not apply with respect to infringements that were made possible because the defendant circumvented or caused to be circumvented a technological measure that protected the work or other

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