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

[Daniel Haran]

We're so early in these discussions that a consensus on what to ask
for from government seems premature.

In any case, the US right-wing has been so successful in stretching
the Overton Window that we should consider the benefit of groups
having different demands, including some that may sound unreasonable.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
http://openthefuture.com/2008/01/overton_window.html

d.

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Russell McOrmond <russell at flora.ca> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Glen Newton wrote:
>
>   I agree that abolishing Crown Copyright won't be easy, but neither will
> any of the other proposals we are making to try to turn from many decades
> of bad copyright policy towards something reasonable.   Abolishing crown
> copyright should be something we constantly ask for, even recognizing it
> is not a short term goal.  It causes politicians to think about the uses
> and abuses of copyright by the government, and will push them towards
> supporting licensing which at least makes crown copyright stomach-able.