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Fight over copyright: what it's really all about
Bill C-32 will throw the market into chaos, while rights' owners fight for years in court for what is rightfully theirs. Surely no MP on the committee scrutinizing C-32 wants this confusion to be their legacy.
The battles today over copyright law reflect the battles of yesterday. The issues in the debate over the federal government's proposed reforms in Bill C-32, the Copyright Modernization Act, go to the very heart of what copyright is all about. As the debate gets more heated, the focus on core principles is sometimes lost. Sometimes to see better, you need to take a step back.
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Fight over copyright: what it's really all about
Bill C-32 will throw the market into chaos, while rights' owners fight for years in court for what is rightfully theirs. Surely no MP on the committee scrutinizing C-32 wants this confusion to be their legacy.
The battles today over copyright law reflect the battles of yesterday. The issues in the debate over the federal government's proposed reforms in Bill C-32, the Copyright Modernization Act, go to the very heart of what copyright is all about. As the debate gets more heated, the focus on core principles is sometimes lost. Sometimes to see better, you need to take a step back.
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