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Transcripts for Vancouver and Calgary Copyright Consultations Posted Online

By Michael Geist

The Copyright Consultation website now features literal transcripts of the first two roundtables held as part of the consultation.  The Vancouver roundtable included the following participants:

• Richard Brownsey, British Columbia Film
• Paul Whitney, Canadian Urban Library Council
• Danielle Parr, Software Association of Canada
• Mira Sundara Rajan, Canada Research Chair on Intellectual Property Law, UBC
• Richard Rosenberg, BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
• Niina Mitter, British Columbia Library Association Copyright Committee
• Elizabeth Rains, British Columbia Association of Magazine Publishers
• Mary Henrickson, Arts and Culture Branch, Province of British Columbia
• Lisa Codd, British Columbia Museum's Association
• Charles Lazer, Writer's Guild of Canada
• Bill Henderson, Songwriters Association of Canada
• Margot Patterson, Canadian Association of Broadcasters
• Stephen Ellis, CFTPA
• Goef Glass, Vancouver Fair Copyright
• Ian Boyko, Canadian Federation of Students

With such a large list, there was little time for discussion or follow-up debates.  Each representative raised their concerns including fair dealing, DRM, crown copyright, and ISP issues.

The Calgary roundtable was smaller with only Industry Minister Clement in attendance along with the following participants:

• Lee Webster, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
• Peter Pilarski, Retail Council of Canada
• Kay Shea, University of Calgary Students Union
• Rob Thiessen, Canadian Library Association
• Cynthia Rathwell, Shaw Communications
• Gary Maavara, Corus Entertainment and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters
• René Smid, Digital Alberta

Full post as published by Michael Geist on July 28, 2009 (boomark / email).