Re: [fsfc-discuss] After some thought

[Russell McOrmond]

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, David Henry wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-26-03 at 19:15 -0400, Blaise Alleyne wrote:
> > ... The recent talk of copyright reform legislation is
> > probably the hottest Canadian topic at the moment, imho,
> > considering some are calling it the Canadian DMCA....
>
> I understand the Minister, Prentice, *did not* submit the legislation
> thanks to widespread dissent.  But there are meetings of the committee
> as I write this -- it is very much going to see the light of day again.

  It is a matter of when, not if.  And we need to be ready.

  Check out http://digital-copyright.ca for ongoing analysis.    As I'm 
the host, it often focuses on Free Software angles to Canadian legal 
issues.

  Specifically read the notes about the study that Industry committee 
is looking for submissions for -- I include links to my draft submission.

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