Digital Copyright Canada

Curious about how this form works? Please read the article on the PCFRF tools.

Want access to the Data? We can't offer it as it is not our to offer. It is considered proprietary information by the Government of Canada, and Statistics Canada charges extreme fees for this basic tool to participate in democracy ($2,500.00 for the first year, $500 for a years worth of updates after that). This site currently uses the API offered by the Make The Change site.

Please complain to your election candidates and MPs about this. We have a sample letter you can use for this purpose.

For more, please search for PCFRF on this site, as well as taking a look at the Make The Change site.

I have updated the MP database to reflect current MPs. All 307 sitting MPs should now be correct. If there are issues, let me know. I will work on creating a new letter for people to send Re: C-32.

The missing MP is in the riding of Winnipeg North which has been vacant since April 27, 2010, when Judy Wasylycia-Leis announced her retirement from federal politics. She is running for mayor of Winnipeg.

A message from Industry Minister Tony Clement (@TonyClement_MP on Twitter) has indicated that there will be no C-32 special committee struck until the fall. (parl.gc.ca says, "The House of Commons is adjourned until Monday, September 20, 2010")

This should not be taken as meaning we should all take the summer off, but that we have time to ensure that all 308 MPs have an idea of why Copyright is so controversial, and that is not about "creators on one hand, and consumers on the other". My experience over the last near decade is that the debate is largely between different creators, since many of the proposals put forward by some are aimed at their competitors and not infringers.

Press release via pm.gc.ca: "Throne Speech on March 3 and a federal Budget on March 4."

Articles: CBC, CTV, Canwest Global.

During Introduction of Government bills a bill (C-39 is the next number) was tabled in relation to the Grain Act. When it moved to presenting reports someone yelled out, "What about Copyright"?

Does this mean they will return back to Introduction of Government Bills later today (when we aren't watching), that they will table the bill tomorrow, or when they return from winter recess late January?

Mr. Loan is currently asking for consent on a motion that would adjourn parliament to January 28, 2008 after parliament is adjourned today. Motion is adopted.

The new Copyright bill expected to be tabled for first reading in December is getting a lot of attention. Michael Geist posted an update to his 30 Days of DRM: 30 Things You Can Do which included reference to the petitions on this site. This article was referenced by many other sites, including SlashDot.

This may be the first time some people visit this site.

Copyright, Patent, etc lawyer Howard Knopf speculates about how Copyright could become an election issue given how some very articulate and informed Canadians are watching this file.

The last time the boundaries were redrawn was in 2003, and we have now started the process towards a redrawing that will happen likely in 2014. A CBC news article discusses a recent bill tabled in the House of Commons, and from there links to other related articles on federal electoral boundaries.

A young Washington-based political video blogger known on YouTube as EmergencyCheese has forced into the open a question in one of his videos I have had for a long time: since political candidates for office often violate copyright when it serves their political campaign, why do they not modernize Copyright law to make lawful activities they seem to feel are harmless?

While this blogger is US based and is talking about US presidential Candidates, if you look at any Canadian candidate or MP website in Canada you will also find copyright infringements. How can they infringe copyright (often because they and their staff don't understand this excessively complex law), and then act so morally outraged when they find out that other Canadians do the same?

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