[d@DCC] Specific clauses that other individuals/groups agree/disagree with?

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: "General Copyright Discussions (questions, organizing, etc)" <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:01:12 -0400

   While I have done a draft of my own clause-by-clause, I am curious if 
people have seen other people/organisations that have commented on 
individual clauses.


   From the Access Copyright (AC) and International Intellectual 
Property Alliance (IIPA) crowd (IE: members/representatives that are 
members/representatives from the groups under these often surprisingly 
similar umbrella lobby groups) I have largely only seen the "More 
copyright is better -- this is more, so therefore we think it is better".

   The first volley of complaints seem to come from the AC crowd in that 
they believe that they should be paid for those things that this bill is 
making into fair dealings.   In other words, they reject the notion of 
fair dealings entirely (flexible or otherwise), and believe that there 
should be only two scenarios:  permission required (traditional 
copyright) or collective licensing (no permission, only payment 
required).   Short sighted for anyone who alleges to represent creators, 
but that is the position they have offered so far.  I expect to see 
ongoing dissent in the ranks, and possibly over time more splinter 
groups that will separate forward-facing creators from the 
backward-facing ones that AC members groups appear to represent now.


   None of the commentary I have seen so far has dived into specific 
clauses and listed what they consider to be things they can live with 
compared to what they consider to be show-stoppers.


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