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The Gatineau Copyright Roundtable: Brief Summary

By Michael Geist

Having already posted the participant list and my opening remarks, I'll provide a brief summary of the copyright consultation roundtable in Gatineau last night.  A fuller report will be available when the government posts the transcript and audio of the event. 

While there were some big names from the rights holder community (CRIA, Access Copyright), the user perspective was well represented.  Indeed, there was a large consumer and education contingent that continually emphasized the need for more flexible fair dealing and the dangers of anti-circumvention legislation that is not linked to copyright infringement.  A quick synopsis of the various positions:

1. Serge Sasseville, Quebecor - welcomed C-61, need for digital copyright reform, support notice-and-notice for ISPs
   
2. John Lawford, PIAC - danger of anti-circumvention without link to copyright infringement, legalize time and format shifting, notice-and-notice, possibility of lawful access creeping into copyright
   
3. Jeremy deBeer, University of Ottawa - Canadian copyright law among the best in the world, market solution, fair dealing reform, businesses that think DRM will basis for business model won't be in business for long
   
4. Steve Wills, AUCC - Internet exception for education, anti-circumvention with link to copyright infringement
   
5. Rick Theis, Canadian Alliance of Student Associations - anti-circumvention with link to copyright infringement, digital learning, library concerns
   
6. Michael Geist, University of Ottawa - full text of remarks here
   
7. Violet Ford, Inuit Circumpolar Institute - traditional knowledge concerns
   
8. Paul Jones, CAUT - fair dealing, anti-circumvention with link to copyright infringement, statutory damages reform
   
9. Mathew Johnson, Media Awareness Network - anti-circumvention and fair dealing not inhibit media education
   
10. Brian Boyle, Canadian Photographers Coalition - photography provision
    
11. Diana Nemiroff, Canadian Museums Association - exhibition right, costs to museums
    
12. Rosalie Fox, Canadian Association of Law Librarians - licences overriding fair dealing
    
13. Laura Murray, Queen's University - fair dealing, anti-circumvention with link to copyright infringement
14. David Keeble, Consultant - benefits in the value chain, monetize P2P, copyright tariffs based on consumption, not copying
    
15. Roanie Levy, Access Copyright - fair dealing reforms inappropriate where collective licences available
    
16. Nancy Morrelli, Association of Canadian Archivists - technological neutrality, restrictions on archiving
    
17. Jay Kerr-Wilson, Business Coalition for Balanced Copyright - fair dealing, anti-circumvention with link to copyright infringement, limited regulatory intervention/levies, networks don't play enforcement role
    
18. Graham Henderson, CRIA - balance, clear and predictable rules, foster innovation, framework consistent with international standards
    
19. Jessica Litwin, Canadian Conference of the Arts - no position taken
    
20. Fran Cutler, CNIB - specific reforms to perceptual disabilities provision

Full post as published by Michael Geist on July 30, 2009 (boomark / email).