Comments on: Vive la Culture Libre http://freeculture.org/blog/2005/07/21/vive-la-culture-libre/ Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:01:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Free Culture blog » Blog Archive » Michael Geist’s new book http://freeculture.org/blog/2005/07/21/vive-la-culture-libre/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Free Culture blog » Blog Archive » Michael Geist’s new book Wed, 07 Sep 2005 07:05:54 +0000 http://freeculture.org/blog/2005/07/21/vive-la-culture-libre/#comment-440 [...] We usually don’t mention book releases on this blog — we don’t have anything against J.D. Lasica’s Darknet, for instance, we just weren’t sure about using our blog to plug it — whereas this is a direct follow-up to a conversation I had (and, therefore, to a previous post). The fact that it’ll be free under a CC license is a factor, too. [...] [...] We usually don’t mention book releases on this blog — we don’t have anything against J.D. Lasica’s Darknet, for instance, we just weren’t sure about using our blog to plug it — whereas this is a direct follow-up to a conversation I had (and, therefore, to a previous post). The fact that it’ll be free under a CC license is a factor, too. [...]

]]> By: Free Culture blog http://freeculture.org/blog/2005/07/21/vive-la-culture-libre/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Free Culture blog Thu, 11 Aug 2005 05:09:20 +0000 http://freeculture.org/blog/2005/07/21/vive-la-culture-libre/#comment-439 <strong>FreeCulture.org looks to expand to Canada</strong> As I previously mentioned, FC.o is going to do a bit of Canadian outreach. We’ll be communicating with figures in Canada’s free culture movement, asking them to help spread the word about us, letting Canadian students and youth know we&#82... FreeCulture.org looks to expand to Canada

As I previously mentioned, FC.o is going to do a bit of Canadian outreach. We’ll be communicating with figures in Canada’s free culture movement, asking them to help spread the word about us, letting Canadian students and youth know we&#82…

]]> By: Robin http://freeculture.org/blog/2005/07/21/vive-la-culture-libre/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Robin Wed, 27 Jul 2005 05:05:06 +0000 http://freeculture.org/blog/2005/07/21/vive-la-culture-libre/#comment-438 The new law would again be giving more power to the big guys to the detriment of the public. Copyright should be a tool to promote the creation of new works, but is that really what you get when you're pushing back its expiration date ? It's what prompted me to put <a href='http://copyright2005.koumbit.org/' rel="nofollow">Copyright 2005 : Copyright and you</a> together (and how I met Gavin). Bill C-60 is really the work of the culture industry's lobbying. Sure, there were consultations. Starting back in 2000-2001, the government received over 700 comments, some quite lenghty, but those were mostly dismissed. It's no surprise a petition against the nature of the bill got 2000 signatures already. If you want to find out more, you can now listen to the <a href='http://copyright2005.koumbit.org/snapshot/audio/' rel="nofollow">audio recordings for Copyright 2005</a> which have been released just a few days ago. The new law would again be giving more power to the big guys to the detriment of the public. Copyright should be a tool to promote the creation of new works, but is that really what you get when you’re pushing back its expiration date ? It’s what prompted me to put Copyright 2005 : Copyright and you together (and how I met Gavin).

Bill C-60 is really the work of the culture industry’s lobbying. Sure, there were consultations. Starting back in 2000-2001, the government received over 700 comments, some quite lenghty, but those were mostly dismissed. It’s no surprise a petition against the nature of the bill got 2000 signatures already.

If you want to find out more, you can now listen to the audio recordings for Copyright 2005 which have been released just a few days ago.

]]> By: Elizabeth Stark http://freeculture.org/blog/2005/07/21/vive-la-culture-libre/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Elizabeth Stark Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:32:42 +0000 http://freeculture.org/blog/2005/07/21/vive-la-culture-libre/#comment-437 <blockquote>Needless to say, it was interesting to hear their opinions on the bill, and get a little insight into the “scene� here. I think it`s fair to say that it`s not exactly the best bill that Canada could hope for; on the other hand, if it were to pass in it`s current form, it`d be a far cry from the horror it could have been.</blockquote> What was the bill missing? How could it have been better (or worse)?

Needless to say, it was interesting to hear their opinions on the bill, and get a little insight into the “scene� here. I think it`s fair to say that it`s not exactly the best bill that Canada could hope for; on the other hand, if it were to pass in it`s current form, it`d be a far cry from the horror it could have been.

What was the bill missing? How could it have been better (or worse)?

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