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Copyright Law

: Michael Geist

Tracking the Copyright Consultation Submissions: July 25-30, 2009

By Michael Geist

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As promised, I will continue to update the key points found in the hundreds of submissions received by the government as part of the copyright consultation. The July 20 - 24th summary was posted here. This chart bring the data up to July 30th (note that the government has already posted some of the submissions from a few later days). Further, with five weeks left in the consultation, what are you waiting for - speak out on copyright today!

Position	Number of Supporters
Submissions against another Bill C-61	222
Submissions in favour of shorter copyright term	49
Submissions against anti-circumvention or in favour of limiting DRM/Digital locks	270
Submissions in favour of stronger personal use/copying and backup protections	243
Submissions in favour of an 'open copyright' system	8
Submissions advocating an end to the Crown Copyright	4
Submissions opposed to adopting an American-styled DMCA	21
Submissions in favour of stronger fair use/fair dealing protections	34
Submissions opposed to implementing WIPO	4
Submissions in favour of eliminating all copyright	2
Submissions against a three-strikes rule	10
Submissions that favour a 'notice and notice' approach	213
Submissions in favour of instituting a levy for file-sharing	6
Submissions in favour of greater exemptions for education/research	10
Submissions in favour of establish a good-faith defence that the user believed their use of a work was fair and non-infringing	213
Submissions in favour of laws that are technologically neutral	6
Submissions that argue individuals should be able to share media for free as long as they are not profiting off the media	6

Submissions in favour of stronger penalties for copyright infringement	2
Submissions in favour of turning copyright into a crime	1
Submissions against works being available in digital or other forms for free	20
Submissions arguing for more support for writers	6
Submissions in favour of implementing WIPO	1