[d@DCC] Canada to ratify WIPO treaties?

From: "Philippa Lawson" <plawson _-at-_ uottawa.ca>
To: <discuss (at) digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:32:42 -0400

The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage passed a resolution yesterday
(with one Liberal member dissenting) to send a letter to the ministers of
Canadian Heritage and Industry requesting that their officials prepare a
draft bill for WIPO treaty ratification (WCT and WPPT) by February 10, 2004.
The Ministers would be requested to reply to the letter within two weeks of
receiving it.

Those concerned about the implications of such ratification should make
their views known to the Committee and Ministers.  Time to organize a
campaign?

Also, the committee has hearing from numerous organizations over the next
few weeks - but not from public interest groups (other than libraries and
educational groups), as far as I can see.  CIPPIC students are attending
most of the hearings; we'll post a blog on them as soon as we get our site
up.

Pippa

Philippa Lawson
Executive Director
Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
57 Louis Pasteur
Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5
tel: (613) 562-5800 x.2556
fax: (613) 562-5417
email: plawson@uottawa.ca

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