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The McMurdy Profile

By Michael Geist

Deirdre McMurdy runs a profile of me in today's Ottawa Citizen.  The column focuses on the growth of the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group and last week's Copyright MPs posting. While I think focusing on a handful of people runs the risk of missing the much bigger picture - the concern with the Canadian DMCA extends to tens of thousands of people who are writing, calling, blogging, and potentially voting on it - I stand by my quote that "we've created a strong, collective voice on this issue and if the upcoming legislation doesn't reflect that, if Jim Prentice just treats it like another check mark in the box on his mandate letter, a lot of people will feel betrayed. The government will have sent the message that their voice doesn't matter."

Full post as published by Michael Geist on January 28, 2008 (boomark / email).