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PIAC commented on the Consultation on a Modern Copyright Framework for Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things
In September, the department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada launched a consultation to gather additional evidence to help the Government determine whether and what copyright policy measures should be taken to ensure Canada’s copyright framework continues to achieve its underlying policy objectives and related priorities in the face of the challenges brought by […]
Consumers' Gains in Copyright Bill Can be Taken Away by Media Companies : La Loi sur le droit d’auteur
(Ottawa) The Canadian Consumer Initiative today cautioned consumers that the Government’s proposed Copyright Modernization Act, Bill C-32, permits existing and new consumer use rights such as backing up content, time- and format-shifting to be taken away by digital locks and license agreements. Bill C-32 creates a prohibition on removing or circumventing “technical protection measures” (TPMs) […]
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Interprovincial trade and the consumer interest: New report (PIAC 20/08/09) Next week PIAC will release “The Consumer Perspective of Trade & Commerce Powers”, a report that examines the use of federal trade and commerce powers to regulate interprovincial trade and the consumer interest in interprovincial trade. In recent years, there have been increasing political efforts […]
Canadian Consumer Groups Release Copyright White Paper
(June 5, 2008, Ottawa, Ontario) Members of a large coalition of Canadian consumer advocates released an open letter today to Canada’s ministers responsible for Canadian copyright policy. This letter is concerning a White Paper on Canadian Consumer Copyright policy the groups have published. White Paper participants include Option consommateurs, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/canadian-consumer-groups-release-copyright-white-paper/
Canadian Copyright Law: A Consumer White Paper
CANADIAN COPYRIGHT LAW: A Consumer White Paper Download File: consumers_copyright_white_paper_en.pdf [size: 0.08 mb] Executive Summary Introduction We are a coalition of consumer advocates. We have come together to advocate for copyright laws that serve the interests of Canada and of Canadians. Copyright law is designed to balance the interests of creators with the interests of the public. Copyright grants […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/canadian-copyright-law-a-consumer-white-paper/
Letter to Ministers of Industry and Heritage Regarding Copyright Policy
Members of a large coalition of Canadian consumer advocates released an open letter today to Canada’s ministers responsible for Canadian copyright policy. This letter is concerning a White Paper on Canadian Consumer Copyright policy the groups have published. White Paper participants include Option consommateurs, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), the Canadian Internet Policy and […]
Media Release: Canadian Consumer Groups Call for Copyright Laws that Put Canada First
(June 5, 2008, Ottawa, Ontario) A coalition of Canadian consumer advocates has released an open letter to Canada’s ministers responsible for Canadian copyright policy calling on the Canadian government to ensure that any changes to Canada’s copyright laws put Canadian consumers first. The coalition of leading consumer groups, representing thousands of Canadian consumers, includes Union […]
Response to the Interim Report on Copyright Reform
News Release: PIAC and CIPPIC response to the Interim Report on Copyright Reform released by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage News Release Ottawa, ON Public Interest Groups make Internet an Election Issue Three public interest groups have launched a campaign to focus the attention of political parties and candidates on issues […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/response-to-the-interim-report-on-copyright-reform/
Digital copyright issues
Chair, Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario Submission of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre on Copyright Reform – Private copying and WIPO ratification Thk you for giving Public Interest Advocacy Centre opportunity to provide input to this committee on some aspects of copyright reform process this committee has been engaged in […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/digital-copyright-issues/
Report: The Consumer’s View of Copyright
The Full text is available as a PDF[pdf file: 0.43mb] Executive Summary This report examines the relationship between copyright and consumers in light of current federal government initiatives to amend the Copyright Act. Specifically, the report looks at the submissions made by individual members of the public to the federal government under the copyright reform […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/report-the-consumers-view-of-copyright/
