[d@DCC] Online participation in Copyright consultation?

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: CLUE general discussion list <discuss (at) cluecan.ca>
Cc: General Copyright Discussions <discuss -_at_- list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:02:38 -0400 (EDT)

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   It turns out that I didn't actually receive a special invitation to 
participate in person in the consultation.  There are A-list invitations 
to a specific event (what I thought I received), and B-list invitations 
which were unclear invitations to sign up via the website to go to Toronto 
or Montreal.  While the Toronto and Montreal events are open to the 
public, I figured out I wasn't really invited after it was too late to 
organize the time off work to get to Montreal.

   I've tried signing up for "online" participation.  I was able to 
observe the tail end of the Montreal event because Denver Gingerich 
twittered a direct link to the video stream http://twitter.com/ossguy

   There was a woman that read from online comments every once in a while. 
I don't know how long that queue would have been, and what her filtering 
methodology was, but it appears that is the only way I'll be able to 
participate.   The website signup for the events have a "check your 
system" which complains that I'm using Linux.

http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=54902284&lang=english


   I am curious if anyone participated fully online with the Montreal event 
using a FLOSS desktop.  I've asked Streamlogics if there is a test system 
I can use to verify that everything will work ahead of time.


   For anyone who hasn't been there yet, please see: 
http://copyright.econsultation.ca/

(Referenced from the old http://copyrightconsultation.gc.ca for C-61. 
Archives going back to the 2001 consultation are at 
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/crp-prda.nsf/eng/h_rp01104.html )


BTW: For the curious, here is the text of the letter I received from the 
Minister's office.  If you didn't know about the A-list round tables vs 
B-list town halls you might have thought this was an invitation to a 
specific event as well.  I'm pretty sure that the text "Please note that 
this invitation is specific to you and that substitutions are not 
permitted" was a typo given I was only invited to the public town hall 
event.  Not only can a substitute go, but so could anyone else....

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Invitation - Town Hall

(Le français suit.)



SENT ON BEHALF OF MINISTERS MOORE AND CLEMENT.



 	On July 20th, 2009, the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of 
Industry and the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and 
Official Languages will launch nation-wide consultations to solicit 
Canadians’ opinions on the important issue of copyright reform.



The Government of Canada has committed to modernizing Canada’s copyright 
laws, to provide meaningful rights for creators and promote the use of 
digital technology by its citizens.  We are consulting to ensure that all 
perspectives are taken into account in an open and transparent process, to 
help deliver new legislation in the Fall that is forward-looking, reflects 
Canadian values, and strengthens Canada’s ability to compete in the global 
digital economy.



The consultations will run between July 20th and September 13th, 2009.



 	Over this period, the Ministers will hold a number of roundtable & 
town hall discussions on copyright reform at various locations across the 
country.



You are cordially invited to a town hall discussion.  Further information 
regarding the particular event to which you are being invited, including 
the city, date, time of day and address of the venue, will be provided to 
you very soon.  Please note that this invitation is specific to you and 
that substitutions are not permitted.



Please note that the town halls will be webcast live, as well as recorded, 
and posted online in both official languages.



 	In addition to attending the town hall discussion, we encourage 
you to participate in the online consultation, which will be open to all 
Canadians starting July 20th, 2009.  You may join in on the online 
discussion forum or share your views with us more formally by posting a 
submission.  Both of these options will be available as of July 20th, 
2009.  Details will follow soon.



We want to ensure that all Canadians have the opportunity to join in the 
discussion of the different ideas and views raised over the course of the 
consultations – for this reason, all consultation activities, whether 
presented online, during a roundtable, or via the webcast town-hall, will 
be made accessible to the public.



To RSVP for the town halls, and for more information, please contact Ms. 
Alexandra Hutton by email at [removed]


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