Re: [politics] [d@DCC] Educational DVD

From: "tOM Trottier" <tOM _-at-_ Abacurial.com>
To: General Discussion <discuss (at) digital-copyright.ca>, "General Copyright Discussions \qquestions, organizing, etc\"" <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 17:17:53 -0400

Dear Darryl,

You could also include some pertinent public domain and Creative Commons books 
on your disk, eg "Anne of Green Gables" and "In the Public Interest: The Future of 
Canadian Copyright Law" 

What's on it so far?

tOM

On 5 Oct 2005 at 10:35,
Darryl Moore <discuss@list.digital-copyright.ca> wrote:

> 
> 
> http://moores.ca.nyud.net:8090/dvd/
> 
> OK, I've made a few more changes to my educational DVD. Interesting
> to note also that while I'm putting this together strictly for the
> edification of MPs and the public, I am not covered by any sort of
> educational exception as institutions would be. Therefore, what I am
> doing is illegal. If they were to do the same thing, it would not
> be. I might have to work that into my legal.html page somewhere.
> 
> I haven't had to much feedback from people, however I will not let
> that dissuade me, I still plan to burn 300 of these and send them to
> MPs next week.
> 
> There is one other angle I thought about including here which I'd
> like some feed back on. Lucy Maud Montgomery's works hit the public
> domain back in '93 I think. That did not stop her heirs and PEI from
> trying to extend their hold on the cash cow called "Anne of Green
> Gables". There now exists something called "The Anne of Green Gables
> Licencing Authority" http://www.gov.pe.ca/anne/index.php3 which has
> a government 'official mark' on everything to do with the story.
> This official mark is better than trademark as they do not actually
> have to produce anything to require others to buy a licence from
> them. There is some case law to support it as well
> http://www.bereskinparr.com/English/publications/art_html/copyright-
> wont-work-tonus.html
> 
> (go to the section titled CHARACTERS) 
> 
> see also: http://www.avonlea-traditions.com/trademarks.php
> 
> To my mind this is a blatant pillaging of the public domain and an
> attempt to circumvent the limitations of copyright through the use
> of trademark law.
> 
> An I right?
> 
> 
> 
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