[d@DCC] Social cost of intellectual property reforms

From: Darryl Moore <darryl _-at-_ mfe.ca>
To: nmarshall (at) tpl.toronto.on.ca
Cc: stintz -_at_- toronto.ca, councillor_rae -_at_- toronto.ca, General Discussion <discuss -_at_- digital-copyright.ca>, davis -_at_- toronto.ca, cowbourne -_at_- toronto.ca, watson -_at_- toronto.ca
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:46:35 -0400

Dear Ms. Marshall

I am writing to you regarding the federal governments recent tabling of 
Bill C-60, to amend the Copyright Act.

As you are probably aware, there are many provisions within this act 
which go against the libraries stated policy on intellectual property. 
http://www.cla.ca/about/intfreed.htm

Provisions of this bill make unreasonable requirements of libraries and 
educational institutions to lock down and restrict data so that they may 
make wide use of the same data.

Other provision restrict how people may access their own legally 
purchased data, extend the term of some copyrights, and obscure 
copyright status, making it even more difficult to determine if a 
particular work is free to use or not.

Please see www.digital-copyright.ca/billc60 for more information. (This 
is recent, and a work in progress)

Additionally, there is a parliamentary petition at 
www.digital-copyright.ca/petition which has been signed by over 1800 
Canadians and presented to Parliament by MPs on our behalf. This 
petition which predates the bill by several months none the less calls 
on Parliament to specifically reject many of the provisions of this bill.

I am aware that the library board does not normally meet in the summer. 
However, this issue is of such great importance to libraries, schools, 
and Canadians in general, and the time to act is so short, that I am 
asking for the board to meet on it's tentative meeting date of July 11th 
to consider endorsing our position.

I believe that the TPL endorsement and distribution of educational 
material through TPL branches would be an immense contribution to fixing 
this bill which was written primarily based on industry demands rather 
than social needs.

Kind Regards,
Darryl Moore
Aurora ON
(905) 727-4575

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