[CivicAccess-discuss] ask the Copyright Consultation for Crown Copyright reform

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

I like the process you suggest but wonder if you might re-think
crowncopyright.  It is a very old institution in Canada, one that will not
disapear easily at it is part of the Formation of Canada.  Also, while crown
copyright will probably not disapear, there are work arounds.  It is also
perhaps not necessarily crown copyright that is the problem but perhaps it
is the interpretation that is problematic.  For instance GeoConnections has
created the following licenses -
http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/licence.jsp, which still respects crown
copyright yet is is pretty much simular to an open bsd.  This might be a
very good license to wrap onto crown copyrighted data until which time
if/when crown copyright disapears.

Also there are no clear data dissemination & access policies at the federal
government that direct data producing sectors in the public service nor is
there an infrastructure in place to do so.  So it might be good to add that
too!  Access and the means to disseminate in a way that is easy for the
public to use.

It is also important to discuss which data - Census? environment?
Statistical? Geographic? Science? Research? and so on.

Cheers
t



On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Jennifer Bell <jenniferlianne at yahoo.ca>wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> If you'd like to see changes to the way the federal government licenses
> Public Sector Information, one way to voice your concern is to submit a
> letter to the current Copyright Consultations using our form:
>
> http://visiblegovernment.ca/campaigns/crowncopyright/
>
> If you don't like the way the submission is written, you can always edit it
> to say what you like.  The important thing is to say something.
>
> You can see from the consultation submissions listing that they are
> tracking form letters, like this one here:
> http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/008.nsf/eng/00250.html
>
> Which is generated by this website:
> http://www.ccer.ca/send-a-letter-to-ottawa-to-stop-the-canadian-dmca/
>
> So even without changes, your form letter will be accepted and counted.
>
> Jennifer Bell
> http://visiblegovernment.ca
>
>
>
>
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Tracey P. Lauriault
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