Links
IP Justice - international civil liberties organization promoting balanced intellectual property laws and free expression
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) - confronts cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. EFF champions the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights.
Michael Geist - blog of University of Ottawa law professor
ACTA proposal - leaked online May, 2008
ACTA Memo to Negotiators
- July 29, 2008
ACTA Deptartment of Foreign Affairs & International Trade Public Consulatations Responses
Appropriation Art - a Coalition of Art Professionals
ars technica - original news and reviews, analysis of technology trends, and expert advice on topics ranging from the most fundamental aspects of technology to the many ways technology is helping us enjoy our world
Australian Dept. of Foreign Affairs & Trade - ACTA discussion paper
Bill C-61 - text of the bill
Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights
- information and blog
Canadian Coypright Act
- text of the Canadian Copyright Act
Canadian Copyright Reform Process - Government of Canada's Bill C-61 page
Canadian Foreign Affairs & International Trade
- Intellectual Property
Canadian Heritage: Copyright Policy Branch
- The Copyright Policy Branch of the Department of Canadian Heritage, in co-operation with the Intellectual Property Policy Directorate of Industry Canada, is responsible for formulating and implementing an integrated Canadian copyright policy.
Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) - graduate law students assist clinic lawyers in researching issues and drafting reports and submissions to government, commenting on proposed legislative reforms, providing legal advice to individuals and organizations, and developing online resources for the public on legal issues arising from new technologies.
Council of the European Union
- ACTA documents
Canadian Association of University Teachers - CAUT Bulletin on Bill C-61
Canadian Library Association - Grassroots Advocacy Kit against Bill C-61
Canadian Music Creators Coalition - press release on Bill C-61
Canadian Newspaper Association
Canadian Software Innovation Alliance
- working to encourage innovation and competition in the software industry
Consumers Council of Canada
- works collaboratively with consumers, business and government in support of consumers' rights and responsibilities
Copyright Board of Canada
Copyright for Canadians
Copyright Watch - Canada's home for common sense and the straight goods on digital copyright law.
Digital Copyright Canada blog - started in Aug 2001 to allow for a public response to that phase of the Canadian copyright revision process.
Entertainment Consumers Association - The Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA) is a non-profit membership organization established to serve the needs of those who play computer and video games.
EU Commission - ACTA fact sheet
Excess Copyright blog - by Howard Knopf
Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook Group - join to learn more about and protest Bill C-61
Fair Copyright for Canada website
Fair Copyright blog - by Queen's University Professor Laura J. Murray
Industry Canada's Intellectual Property Policy
Intellectual Privacy -
a group of Canada's leading public-interest oriented organizations and academic privacy experts concerned about how technology and copyright laws are increasingly threatening to erode Canadians' privacy rights.
Intellectual Property Watch - a non-profit independent news service, reports on the interests and behind-the-scenes dynamics that influence the design and implementation of international intellectual property policies.
Knowledge Ecology International - KEI undertakes and publishes research and new ideas, engages in global public interest advocacy, provides technical advice to governments, NGOs and firms, enhances transparency of policy making, monitors actions of key actors, and provides forums for interested persons to discuss and debate KE topics.
Online Rights Canada - a grassroots organization that promotes the public's interest in technology and information policy. We believe that Canadians should have a voice in copyright law, access to information, freedom from censorship, and other issues that we face in the digital world.
Option consommateurs (english) Option consommateurs (french) - not-for-profit association whose mission is to promote and defend the basic rights of consumers and ensure that they are recognized and respected.
The Patry Copyright blog - by current Copyright Counsel, Google Inc., and former Copyright Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, William Patry
Privacy Info - features summaries of all of the Canadian Privacy Commissioner's decisions under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
Pro-IP (Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property) Act of 2008 (formerly Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008)
Public Interest Advocacy Centre
- A Canadian non-profit organization that provides legal and research services on behalf of consumer interests
Public Knowledge - a Washington DC based public interest group working to defend your rights in the emerging digital culture
US Trade Representative (USTR)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Trade Organization - Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights