Re: Canadian Information Highway Advisory Council

From: David Mitchell <ul155[_at_]freenet.victoria.bc.ca>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 20:59:35 -0800 (PST)

On January 16, 1995, the Information Highway Advisory Council of the Government of Canada released a draft report prepared by its Copyright Subcommitte entitled"Copyright and the Information Highway".

Copies are available from:

Gopher     debra.dgbt.doc.ca port 70/Information Highway Advisory Council
FTP        debra.dgbt.doc.ca/pub/info-highway
WWW        http://debra.dgbt.doc.ca/info-highway/ih.html
Email      council[_at_]istc.ca
Snail Mail Information Highway Advisory Council Secretariat
           300 Slater Street
           Ottawa, ON   K1A 0C8
           Canada


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David Mitchell           Tel: 604-721-1075
3rd Year LLB             Email: ul155[_at_]freenet.victoria.bc.ca

University of Victoria
Victoria, BC Canada

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On Wed, 25 Jan 1995, Michael Lean wrote:
>
> A recent edition (last week) of "Edupage" carried an item headed
> "Info-Highway Needs Policing", and reported recommendations of the
> Canadian Info -Hwy Advisory Council on copyright matters for "the
> digital age" , viz: e-mail between two people containing a copyrighted
> work should not be illegal; BBS owners and operators should be
> considered liable for unauthorised use of copyrighted materials on
> their systems; tampering (with) or bypassing encryption or security
> software should be made an offence under the criminal code; the
> government should assist in the development and use of technology to
> make it easier to identify and trace copyright owners; penalties for
> copyright infringement should be increased.
>
> Does anyone have any more detailed information on these recommendations?
> They seem interesting....
>
> Mike Lean
> <lean[_at_]qut.edu.au>
Received on Thu Jan 26 1995 - 05:01:32 GMT