Sam Trosow Canadian DMCA talk
p2pnet news P2P:- | Freedom:- Industry minister Jim Prentice’s Canadian DMCA copyright act is in the hearts and minds of Canadians.
But not in a good way.
Noted copyright expert Sam Trosow (right), an associate professor at London’s University of Western Ontario, is visiting Tillsonburg next month to talk to the public about changes proposed under the act, says Tinfoil Music’s Joe McGuire, going on >>>
He will be in Tillsonburg on Wednesday, July 16th at the invitation of the Tillsonburg Linux Users Group (tillug) to discuss what the legislation proposed in Bill C-61 means to Canadian users and producers of copyrighted material.
The talk is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Station Arts Centre.
At UWO, Trosow is jointly appointed to the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS).
Before joining Western, he was at the University of California at Berkeley and before that he had a private law practice in California. His doctoral work in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA focused on information policy issues.
Changes to the copyright act were originally to be introduced late last year but Prentice withdrew the legislation at the last minute as opposition to the proposed changes grew, particularly on the Internet where a Facebook group ballooned to roughly 35,000 members. It has now doubled to more than 70,000 members.
Copyright laws are of increasing importance as more content is provided in a digital format, as broadband internet continues to grow in popularity, and as more people are using social networks and other online activities.
The discussion will be followed by question and answer period, says McGuire.
If you’re within striking distance of Tillsonburg, which isn’t all that far from Toronto, Trosow’s views will be worth hearing.
(Good to see you posting again, Joe.)
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