Bill C-61
Bill C-61 Wikipedia Page
wikipedia.orgBill C-61, An Act to amend the Copyright Act, was a bill tabled in 2008 during the second session of the 39th Canadian Parliament by Minister of Industry Jim Prentice. ...
Minister’s PVR use highlights need for clear copyright rules: expert
09 Mar, 2009: Canada.comOTTAWA -- Heritage Minister James Moore - one of the government’s lead on the copyright file - admitted Monday that he hasn’t always abided by Canada’s copyright law. ...
James Moore says copyright reform bill likely in the fall
10 Feb, 2009: Georgia Straight, Vancouver, BC, CanadaHe indicated that the timing for a new bill was still being worked out, but that the fall was more likely than the spring. He also acknowledged some of the concerns associated with Bill C-61, though argued that it moved in the "right direction." ...
The Chamber of Commerce's Counterfeit Claims
02 Feb, 2009: Michael Geist, Ottawa, ON, CanadaThe Canadian Chamber of Commerce's IP lobbying arm, the Canadian IP Council (members include CRIA and major pharmaceutical companies), will release a new set of recommendations for Canadian IP reform tomorrow. ...
Canadian Chamber of Commerce leads the way on IP lobbying
27 Jan, 2009: Georgia Straight, Vancouver, BC, CanadaHoward Knopf points to a Hill Times article that quotes Geoff Norquay as stating that the copyright lobby will be out in full force with the resumption of Parliament and that he expects a new bill within months. ...
The music industry's digital reversal
12 Jan, 2009: Toronto Star, ON, CanadaFor much of the past decade, the industry has relied on three pillars to combat peer-to-peer file sharing – lawsuits, locks, and legislation. The lawsuits, which began in 2003, targeted more than 35,000 alleged file sharers in the United States. ...
What's in store for tech law in 2009
06 Jan, 2009: Ottawa Citizen, ON, CanadaTechnology law and policy is notoriously unpredictable and crystal ball gazing in Canada this year is particularly challenging given the current political and economic uncertainty. With that caveat, my best guess for the coming months includes the following ...
Federal political wrangling a threat to tech reform
01 Dec, 2008: Network World, Scarborough, ON, CanadaBill C-61, the Act to Amend the Copyright Act, was delayed until just before the summer recess, guaranteeing it would die on the order paper. Given the opposition by security researchers such as Third Brigade’s Brian O’Higgins, it’s probably just as well Canada has yet to ratify the WIPO copyright treaty, given the concerns down south over the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. ...
Garneau's next mission: bring science to politics
26 Nov, 2008: CBC, CanadaThere was a great deal of interest within my riding on the proposed Bill C-61 so I did have a chance to look at that more clearly. The Liberal position is established on that, in that we would, before putting forward a bill, would consult widely, because there were a surprising number of people who contacted me who had questions and reservations about the current bill. ...
A copyright call to arms
12 Nov, 2008: Globe & Mail, CanadaBut with a new session of parliament a week away, a host of proposed changes to copyright legislation threaten to tip the legal balance further in favour of those who sell and disseminate cultural content, rather than everyone who consumes it. ...
Conservatives pledge to reintroduce copyright reform
07 Oct, 2008: CBC News, CanadaThe Conservatives are promising to reintroduce controversial copyright-reform legislation if they are re-elected, according to the party's official platform released on Tuesday. ... While a number of organizations that represent copyright holders, such as the Canadian Recording Industry Association and the Entertainment Software Association of Canada, praised the plan, it was roundly criticized as unfair by consumer advocates, artists, privacy watchdogs, education groups and other businesses. ...
61 Reforms to C-61
Jun 23 - 15 Sep, 2008: Michael Geist, Ottawa, ON, CanadaToday marks the first day of the House of Commons summer recess, yet there are just 61 weekdays until it is scheduled to resume on September 15th. In light of that numerical coincidence, I am planning to run a 61 Reforms for C-61 series by posting a new necessary reform to the deeply flawed Canadian DMCA each weekday thoughout the recess. ...
Federal election could kill off copyright Bill C-61
03 Sep, 2008: ComputerWorldCanada, CanadaAs politicians and pundits speculate the federal government is about to call an election, the prognosis of the copyright legislation introduced last June appears poor. ...
The End of Bill C-61
03 Sep, 2008: Michael Geist, Ottawa, ON, CanadaWith every reason to believe that Canada will be in the midst of an election campaign by next week, Canwest runs a story on how an election call will kill Bill C-61. This raises at least two issues. First, C-61 may dead but copyright reform Canada is still very much alive. ...
Bill C-61 Copyright Reform: What Could it Mean for the CE Industry?
02 Sep, 2008: MarketNews, Toronto, ON, CanadaFrank Lenk, contributing writer to both Marketnews and here’s how! magazines, gives an exclusive look inside Bill C-61, which proposes changes to the current Canadian copyright law that could wreak havoc in the consumer electronics industry. ...
Critics launch cyber battle over copyright bill
17 Aug, 2008: Canadian PressOTTAWA — Critics of the Harper government’s proposed changes to the Copyright Act have launched a cyber crusade to fight the controversial bill. They’re using everything from Facebook to YouTube to Wikipedia to blogs to get their message out. They want the government to either scrap or make serious amendments to Bill C-61 when Parliament resumes next month. ...
ComputerWorld Canada launches petition of copyright act
29 Jul, 2008: InfoWorld, San Francisco, CA, USA"It errs on the side of making technology illegal as opposed to making behavior illegal," said Bob Young, CEO of online publisher Lulu Inc. who founded Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. in 1993. "It's the equivalent to making screwdrivers and pliers illegal because they can be used to break and enter instead of making the act of breaking and entering illegal". ...
Government copyright bill fails green test
21 Jul, 2008: Toronto Star, Ontario, CanadaThe notion of "green copyright" sounds odd, yet the policy choices found in Bill C-61, Industry Minister Jim Prentice's controversial copyright bill, disappointingly run directly counter to the current emphasis on the environment. ...
Bill C-61 and Civil Liberties
14 Jul, 2008: Fair Copyright for Canada: Vancouver Chapter, Adopted by the BC Civil Liberties Association as a position paperIn its current form Bill C-61 is fatally flawed and must be modified to strike an appropriate balance between the rights of copyright holders and the public. ...
Canadian open source community upset over proposed copyright law
10 Jul, 2008: Linux.comThe Government of Canada has angered those who believe that a proposed copyright law threatens the country's open source business model. Russell McOrmond, a member of the Canadian Software Innovation Alliance (CSIA), says that Bill C-61, the proposed copyright legislation unveiled by the government last month, ignores just about every recommendation made by CSIA, a coalition of open source businesses and supporters ...
Canadian DMCA - C-60 and C-61 Compared - The ACTA Backdoor
24 Jun, 2008: ZeroPaid, San Diego, CA, USAWe continue our series on the Canadian DMCA by comparing the previous legislation under the Liberal government to the new legislation under the Conservative government. In this segment, we compare anti-circumvention legislation - a contraversial provision in both bill C-60 and bill C-61. ...
Lock up that Lecture Good & Tight
23 Jun, 2008: faircopyright.caNow, inevitably, we get to Bill C-61. It says kindly that an electronically transmitted lesson will indeed count as a lesson in the eyes of the law. But it wants this lesson to behave just like a classroom lesson: when it’s over, it’s gone. The educational institution has to destroy it 30 days after marks go out ...
The Liberal Letter on C-61
22 Jun, 2008: Michael Geist, Ottawa, ON, CanadaEarlier this week, I posted a letter from NDP leader Jack Layton that is sharply critical of Bill C-61. The language used in the letter is apparently being used by other NDP MPs. The same appears to be true for Liberal MPs.
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Don't use the law to buttress old ways of doing business
21 Jun, 2008: Vancouver Sun, BC, CanadaAs a Gemini Award-winning television producer, musician and recipient of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Award, I would like to comment on the copyright reform legislation currently in front of Parliament. I think we do Canadians discredit by characterizing them as thieves who need to be reined in with stronger legal measures.
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Corcoran's no capitalist
21 Jun, 2008: National Post, CanadaRe: A bill to save kill bill rights, June 13. As usual, when Terence Corcoran doesn't understand the issue, he retreats to name-calling. Bill C-61 is a fundamentally flawed piece of legislation that is completely undemocratic and in fact anti-capitalist....
Copyright law would turn millions into criminals
20 Jun, 2008: Calgary Herald, AB, CanadaThere are at least 400 movies and an uncountable number of television shows on about 200 VHS tapes stored in my den. They constitute what the federal government would refer to as a "permanent library." Should the amendment to Canada's copyright law pass without change, I will apparently be branded a thief for keeping these tapes ...
An Open Letter to Ministers Prentice and Vernier
20 Jun, 2008: James Bow, Toronto, ON, CanadaDear Ministers Prentice and Vernier, Thank you for your e-mail of June 12th, notifying me of the government’s introduction of Bill C-61, and assuring me that certain privileges I now enjoy, such as copying CDs I own onto iPods I own, would be maintained, and that border agents would not be empowered “to seize (my) iPod or laptop at border crossings.” This is, indeed, a relief. However, I remain disappointed by the details of the Bill. ...
Copyright bill makes us crooks
20 Jun, 2008: Langley Advance, BC, CanadaThe knock on the door came late in the night. I pushed up the venetian blinds. Two men in black suits and sunglasses loomed under the porch light. I opened the door a crack. "Yes?" "Copyright Police, Mr. Claxton. May we come in?" He pushed the door open without waiting for a reply. His sidekick lurched in after him. ...
The Generation Gap On Bill C-61
20 Jun, 2008: Langley Politics Dotcom, BC, CanadaThe proposed copyright law illustrates the generation gap that has formed between Canada's lawmakers and the emerging generation of residents and business leaders the are supposed to serve. ...
Legislation stifling: CEO
20 Jun, 2008: Langley Advance, BC, CanadaA newly introduced bill has come under fire from an executive working in the online music industry. A Langley businessman who creates online tools for the music industry said he isn't happy with new copyright legislation currently tabled by the federal government. ...
Canadian Industry Minister lies about his Canadian DMCA on national radio, then hangs up
19 Jun, 2008: Boing Boing, USACBC Radio's Search Engine just posted/aired its interview with Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice about his Canadian version of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. They've been trying to get him on the air for months now and he finally consented to ten minutes, but he delivered nothing but spin and outright lies about his legislation and ended up hanging up on Jesse Brown, the interviewer. ...
Is Canada cloning a lousy U.S. copyright law?
24 Jun, 2008: Rabble.ca, Toronto, ON, CanadaEver been locked out of your own house? Maybe you lost your keys, whatever. Anyway, you wind up calling a locksmith who lets you in and replaces the locks. All fine, all legal. But what if the government made owning lockpicks illegal? ...
Our Man Mark: How MP Mark Warawa is fighting to make his people heard
19 Jun, 2008: Scott Cave, Langley, BC, CanadaI recently took my first step into political activism. I was moved to act in protest to the much talked about Bill C-61. C-61 is an amendment to Canada's copyright act which was apparently "made in Canada". The problem is, nobody seems to be able to identify which Canadians actually participated in the forming of the Bill or how it will actually benefit Canadian consumers, artists or business owners. ...
The Canadian DMCA - The Actual Text - Damages $500 - $20,000 Per Infringement
18 Jun, 2008: ZeroPaid, San Diego, CA, USAOne of the many headline grabbers is the damages that could be awarded. Downloading copyrighted works for private use would be pegged at $500 per infringement while uploaders run up to $20,000 per infringement. We explore the bill and the Copyright act to find specificaly where all this comes from. ...
Time to get tough with plagiarists
18 Jun, 2008: Aldergrove Star, BC, CanadaThe federal government’s new bill C-61 will bring in amendments to Canada’s Copyright Act that are aimed at updating a very old set of legislation in this Internet age. It’s evoked a storm of criticism, some of it warranted. ...
NDP Response to the Prentice DMCA
18 Jun, 2008: Michael Geist, Ottawa, ON, CanadaA blog reader writes with the response they received from NDP Leader Jack Layton on Bill C-61: Thank you for sharing your concern over Bill C-61, An Act to amend the Copyright Act. The NDP is strongly opposed to this bill and we are calling on MPs from other parties to listen to their constituents and join us in the growing chorus against it. ...
Canadian Library Association Disappointed, Concerned with New Copyright Legislation
18 Jun, 2008: Canadian Library AssociationThe proposed legislation gives rightsholders the power to override users’ statutory rights either by contract or by the application of digital locks. CLA believes overriding users’ rights is not in consumers’ best interests. “Turning Canadians into criminals because they break a digital lock so they can legally use a music, video or document file is Catch-22,” says Mr. Roberts. “We shouldn’t make owning a hacksaw illegal; we should ensure theft is illegal.” ...
So what's in the new copyright bill?
17 Jun, 2008: Globe & Mail, CanadaSo what does the proposed copyright legislation, Bill C61, have in store for you? Aside from not being able to download free music any more, it puts all sorts of limitations on intellectual property and how it can be used. The Canadians' worst fear is that the bill has been unduly influenced by the powerful U.S. music, movie and TV lobby, which managed to get the U.S. Congress to pass the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, ...
New Copyright Bill Harms Educators and Researchers
17 Jun, 2008: Canadian Association of University Teachers Bulletin“This could be the effective end of fair-dealing, the right to copy and use works for purposes such as research and private study.” The new bill will also mandate the destruction of electronic interlibrary loan and course material shortly after their initial use. ...
A users guide to the copyright bill
16 Jun, 2008: Maclean's Magazine, CanadaAccording to Industry Minister Jim Prentice, Bill C-61 will bring Canada up to date with the rest of the digital world. Here’s how the fed's proposed amendment to the Copyright Act of Canada will affect you if it becomes law ...
Canada's new copyright bill: More spin than 'win-win'
16 Jun, 2008: National Post, CanadaWhen Canada's reform copyright Bill C-61 was tabled last week, Industry Minister Jim Prentice called it a "win-win approach" that balanced the needs of users and creators. Anyone who actually reads the bill, however, will quickly realize that claims about balance are simply spin.
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Ottawa gets tough with illegal downloaders
13 Jun, 2008: Globe & Mail, CanadaCritics say the new legislation too closely resembles the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which has been criticized as too stacked against consumers in favour of rights holders such as the movie and recording industries. They fear it could force ordinary Canadians to pay thousands of dollars in penalties for copying their own legally purchased music to CDs or uploading videos to sharing sites such as YouTube. ...
Is your ipod breaking the law?
13 Jun, 2008: The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, CanadaCanadian consumers who try to circumvent digital locks to copy protected CDs and DVDs -- even if they own them -- face fines of up to $20,000 under proposed federal copyright legislation. ...
The Canadian DMCA - The Actual Text - Music - Sony Rootkit Legalized
13 Jun, 2008: ZeroPaid, San Diego, CA, USAThere are numerous headlines right now and protest is only going to get bigger, but what does the Canadian DMCA actually say in it's current version? We here at Zeropaid are currently studying the new legislation so we can show just what is going on. ...
"Canadian DMCA" brings "balanced" copyright to Canada
12 Jun, 2008: ars technica, Malden, MA, USAThe Canadian government today introduced its long-awaited, much-derided, totally-not-influenced-by-US-interests copyright reform bill (C-61) today. How do we know it wasn't influenced by US interests? The Canadian government says so. ...
CMCC: Copyright Reform Bill Doesn’t Help Canadian Artists
12 Jun, 2008: Canadian Music Creators CoalitionThe Canadian Music Creators Coalition is not impressed with the copyright reform bill announced this morning. “As we feared, this bill represents an American-style approach to copyright. It’s all locks and lawsuits,” said Safwan Javed, CMCC member and drummer for Wide Mouth Mason. ...
Copyright bill's fine print makes for disturbing reading
12 Jun, 2008: National Post, CanadaIn 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark copyright decision in a battle between the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Ontario legal bar association and CCH Canadian, a leading legal publisher. The court was faced with a dispute over an old technology -- photocopying in a law library -- and in a unanimous decision it ruled that the underlying purpose of copyright law is to serve the public interest. ...
Copyright bill: All ours, or a DMCA copy?
12 Jun, 2008: Globe & Mail, CanadaSix months after it was first scheduled to hit the federal legislature, the Harper government's proposed copyright legislation was finally tabled in the House this morning, giving critics a first look at the law that they have been rallying against for the better part of two years. Although Industry Minister Jim Prentice is trying to rally support for the bill ...
Check Fine Print of Canadian Copyright Bill or Risk Lawsuit, Law Professor Says
12 Jun, 2008: CEP News, Ontario, Canada(CEP News) Ottawa - Consumers who think they will be protected by the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act should check the fine print of Bill C-61, says one critic of the legislation. Although statutory damages have been limited to $500 for some instances of copyright infringement for private non-commercial use, other circumstances can see consumers liable for considerably more. ...
Appropriation Art Condemns Bill C-61
12 Jun, 2008: Appropriation ArtToday Harper’s Conservatives introduced legislation that would make Canadian copyright the most repressive in the free world. This, sadly, is neither rhetoric, nor sensationalism. ...
Canadian Library Association Disappointed with New Copyright Legislation
12 Jun, 2008: CNW Group, CanadaBill C-61 is a missed opportunity and demonstrates that the government did not consult adequately with the user community, and did not listen to the concerns of Canadians. Overall, the Bill is extremely complex and will need more detailed study, but there are many glaring problems. Fundamentally, the Bill circumvents user rights. ...
Copyright law amendment aims at digital users
12 Jun, 2008: ComputerWorld CanadaOne provision in the bill allows users to reproduce material from one format to another, if it’s from a photograph, book, newspaper, periodical or video cassette. McOrmond noted this does not apply to digital content. ...
A first look at Canada's "Born in the USA" Copyright bill.
12 Jun, 2008: Digital Copyright CanadaThe largest portion of this bill is a Canadian DMCA, which is to say an implementation of the 2 1996 WIPO treaties and an ISP liability regime. ...
A Bill to save Kill Bill rights
12 Jun, 2008: National Post, CanadaWhile Michael Geist and other Cassandras stood on the sidelines proclaiming Internet doom and a new police state, Industry Minister Jim Prentice ran through the gauntlet yesterday and emerged with a new copyright bill. ...
Red Hat founder Bob Young speaks out on copyright bill
06 Jun, 2008: ComputerWorld CanadaA new open source software group has added its voice to the opposition against the Conservative government’s impending copyright reform bill. Lulu CEO Bob Young likens the legislation to banning screwdrivers because they could be used by burglars ...
Letter with respect to possible amendments to the Copyright Act
18 Jun, 2008: Office of the Privacy Commissioner of CanadaI am concerned about possible changes to the Act authorizing the use of technical mechanisms to prevent copyright infringement that could have a negative impact on the privacy rights of Canadians. ...
Bill C-61
12 Jun, 2008: House of Commons of CanadaAn Act to amend the Copyright Act.
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Copyright reform supporters urge TPM-based law
23 Apr, 2008: ComputerWorld CanadaRepresentatives from government and entertainment industry got together Wednesday to support a Canadian version of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). One outspoken critic argues for the other side ...
Business coalition speaks out on copyright reform
22 Feb, 2008: ComputerWorld CanadaRogers, Telus, Google and others get behind an effort to change Industry Canada's mind about creating legislation that resembles the U.S. DCMA. Execs make the case for more consultation ...
21 Million Library Users Concerned About Copyright
21 Dec, 2007: CNW Group, CanadaToday, the Canadian Library Association (CLA) outlined the concerns of over 21 million library users and member librarians about pending copyright legislation. ...
Software Innovation, Copyright and the Dangers of Anti-Circumvention Legislation
Dec, 2007: The Canadian Software Innovation Alliance (CSIA)Copyright law is central to the philosophy and practices of open source developers. The public policy underlying Canada’s copyright law seeks to balance the public’s interest in rewarding authors for their creative efforts with the public’s interest in access to those works. Open source developers similarly have interests on both sides of that balance. ...
Prof uses YouTube, Facebook in copyright fight
05 Dec, 2007: ComputerWorldCanada, CanadaIn an effort to combat the Canadian government’s impending copyright reform bill – legislation which some say could affect privacy and property rights for Canadian consumers and businesses – one industry activist is taking his fight to the digital streets. ...
The Impact of Music Downloads and P2P File-sharing on the Purchase of Music: A Study for Industry Canada
30 Oct, 2007: University of London, Bloomsbury, EnglandThe report, prepared by University of London researchers, Birgitte Andersen and Marion Frenz, found that music downloads have a positive effect on music purchases among Canadian downloaders but that there is no effect taken over the entire population aged 15 and over. ...
Internet Service Providers Report
20 Jan, 2006: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaA survey of Canadian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) was conducted to assess the economic cost of the voluntary “notice and notice” (NN) approach to dealing with copyright infringement notices from rights holders. ... The vast majority of copyright infringement notices are sent either by US studios(representing movies, music, and television content) or software publishers, or by agents operating on their behalf. Less than 2% of notices could be attributed to Canadian copyright holders. ...
Canadian Copyright Act
Copyright Board of Canada3. (1) For the purposes of this Act, "copyright", in relation to a work, means the sole right to produce or reproduce the work or any substantial part thereof in any material form whatever, to perform the work or any substantial part thereof in public or, if the work is unpublished, to publish the work or any substantial part thereof, and includes the sole right ...