Re: Canadian copyright bill tabled today

From: John T. Mitchell <mitchell[_at_]interactionlaw.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:10:01 -0400

I believe this is the link to the bill:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/38/1/parlbus/chambus/house/bills/government/ C-60/C-60_1/C-60_cover-E.html

John

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John T. Mitchell
http://interactionlaw.com
1-202-415-9213

On Jun 21, 2005, at 1:35 PM, lesley[_at_]copyrightlaws.com wrote:

> RE: Canadian Copyright Bill Tabled Today
>
> On Monday, June 20, 2005, the Government of Canada introduced a
> bill to amend
> the Canadian Copyright Act. This is the first major amendment to
> the Canadian
> Act since 1997 – and since many digital copyright issues have
> arisen. The bill
> deals with the following issues:
> • Amendments bringing the Canadian Act up to the minimum
> standards in the
> two
> WIPO digital treaties, the WIPO Copyright Treaty, and the WIPO
> Performances and
> Phonograms Treaty
> • Internet Service Provider Liability
> • Educational and Research Access Issues
> • Photography Issues
>
> Educational use of Internet material was not addressed in the bill
> and will be
> part of a new public consultation process. The Government will
> continue to
> work on its medium-term copyright revision issues.
>
> As of Monday at 4:30, the bill is not available in an electronic
> form. A press
> release and backgrounder on the bill is at:
> http://www.ic.gc.ca/cmb/welcomeic.nsf/
> 261ce500dfcd7259852564820068dc6d/85256a5d006b9720852570260064a852!
> OpenDocument.
>
> I will update you with further information as it becomes available.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Lesley
>
> Lesley Ellen Harris
> contact[_at_]copyrightlaws.com
>
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