Comments on: Outrageous: Canada’s Copyright Bill C-61 lack of public consultation http://hummingbird604.com/2008/06/13/outrageous-canadas-copyright-bill-c-61-lack-of-public-consultation/ The random thoughts of a specialist in environmental issues. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:04:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Putting back the public in public policy « Random Thoughts of a Student of the Environment http://hummingbird604.com/2008/06/13/outrageous-canadas-copyright-bill-c-61-lack-of-public-consultation/comment-page-1/#comment-1152 Putting back the public in public policy « Random Thoughts of a Student of the Environment Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:48:51 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=965#comment-1152 [...] in Metro Vancouver, particularly in the management of wastewater. * The lack of transparency in the development of Bill C-61. - The need to re-assess the whole Eco-Density concept and understand the heterogeneities within [...] [...] in Metro Vancouver, particularly in the management of wastewater. * The lack of transparency in the development of Bill C-61. – The need to re-assess the whole Eco-Density concept and understand the heterogeneities within [...]

]]> By: Rejecting Bill C-61 in its current form - The online discussion « Random Thoughts of a Student of the Environment http://hummingbird604.com/2008/06/13/outrageous-canadas-copyright-bill-c-61-lack-of-public-consultation/comment-page-1/#comment-1153 Rejecting Bill C-61 in its current form - The online discussion « Random Thoughts of a Student of the Environment Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:57:47 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=965#comment-1153 [...] I had covered the Bill C-61 discussions in a recent post, but it seemed to stir NO DISCUSSION whatsoever (with the exception of Gillian’s very good commentary). This morning I woke up to a Tweet by Andy and I figured I had to write a post about it, and try to bring more attention to it. The reality of it is, this Bill WILL affect a lot of Canadians, residents, even short-term visitors! I don’t think that people are informed enough about this issue. Thus I hope this can be a wake-up call to action. This is a relevant topic that has direct relevance to what Joe Solomon spoke about yesterday - mobilizing people to effect social change. [...] [...] I had covered the Bill C-61 discussions in a recent post, but it seemed to stir NO DISCUSSION whatsoever (with the exception of Gillian’s very good commentary). This morning I woke up to a Tweet by Andy and I figured I had to write a post about it, and try to bring more attention to it. The reality of it is, this Bill WILL affect a lot of Canadians, residents, even short-term visitors! I don’t think that people are informed enough about this issue. Thus I hope this can be a wake-up call to action. This is a relevant topic that has direct relevance to what Joe Solomon spoke about yesterday – mobilizing people to effect social change. [...]

]]> By: gillicious http://hummingbird604.com/2008/06/13/outrageous-canadas-copyright-bill-c-61-lack-of-public-consultation/comment-page-1/#comment-1151 gillicious Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:06:06 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=965#comment-1151 My mom was a big person in copyright for educational institutions (especially media copyright for colleges) and I forwarded her one of Geist's latest pieces on it. She spent decades helping to make it so that teachers and students could easily borrow material from their school (or transfer it from another) and be able to show it in class without having to pay huge fees or dance the bureaucratic jig. So much for all that hard work. What worries me most about this bill isn't so much what it's about (which pisses me off more than it would most people), but that it shows how easily politicians and politics can be manipulated by big corporations. When does it end? What other freedoms will we lose in a similar way? Let's hope the bill doesn't go all the way through in its present form. My mom was a big person in copyright for educational institutions (especially media copyright for colleges) and I forwarded her one of Geist’s latest pieces on it. She spent decades helping to make it so that teachers and students could easily borrow material from their school (or transfer it from another) and be able to show it in class without having to pay huge fees or dance the bureaucratic jig. So much for all that hard work.

What worries me most about this bill isn’t so much what it’s about (which pisses me off more than it would most people), but that it shows how easily politicians and politics can be manipulated by big corporations. When does it end? What other freedoms will we lose in a similar way?

Let’s hope the bill doesn’t go all the way through in its present form.

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