Comments on: Canadian Copyright Law: Free! http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6409 p2pnet.net offers not-your-lamescream news on movies music digital media P2P peer-to-peer TV television file sharing freedom of speech open source product news Wifi mobiles company Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:06:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6409#comment-21156 Reader's Write Fri, 30 Sep 2005 04:15:21 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6409#comment-21156 I was at the book launch this afternoon, and looking at the assembled group that was there (many of the chapter authors are in town for the Canada-Australia Comparative IP and Cyberlaw Conference tomorrow and Saturday). There were also very interesting talks from an Australian professor, a group of 3 law students (one spoke of indigenous rights and copyright, and the other two spoke about Free/Libre and Open Source Software -- including someone from Brazil who spoke of the situation there), and then closed up with a discussion with a representative from Heritage and Industry departments (the two departments who are responsible for copyright). I was at the book launch this afternoon, and looking at the assembled group that was there (many of the chapter authors are in town for the Canada-Australia Comparative IP and Cyberlaw Conference tomorrow and Saturday).

There were also very interesting talks from an Australian professor, a group of 3 law students (one spoke of indigenous rights and copyright, and the other two spoke about Free/Libre and Open Source Software — including someone from Brazil who spoke of the situation there), and then closed up with a discussion with a representative from Heritage and Industry departments (the two departments who are responsible for copyright).

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6409#comment-21129 Reader's Write Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:21:18 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6409#comment-21129 Thanks again for the info and clification, Jon. When I see the work Dr. Geist is doing to help us sort out the issues and represent us in Ottawa, I'm cautiously hopeful that the copyright collectives will not have all the ears. What a contrast with Stanford's law professor Mark A. Lemley, who testified yesterday at http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=1624&wit_id=4687 Sounds like Lemley argued to help companies, but make it easier to sue users: "Make it easier for copyright owners to target direct infringers. Part of the reason copyright owners target intermediaries and innovators is that they find it difficult to find and target the people who are actually doing the infringing. Anything Congress can do to help stop the direct infringement will relieve the pressure on innovators." Thanks again for the info and clification, Jon.

When I see the work Dr. Geist is doing to help us sort out the issues and represent us in Ottawa, I’m cautiously hopeful that the copyright collectives will not have all the ears.

What a contrast with Stanford’s law professor Mark A. Lemley, who testified yesterday at http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=1624&wit_id=4687

Sounds like Lemley argued to help companies, but make it easier to sue users:

“Make it easier for copyright owners to target direct infringers. Part of the reason copyright owners target intermediaries and innovators is that they find it difficult to find and target the people who are actually doing the infringing. Anything Congress can do to help stop the direct infringement will relieve the pressure on innovators.”

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