Digital Copyright Canada

I met Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North) on Wednesday, August 17. This was the launch evening of OpenCity 2005, and I was one of two speakers (then a Jazz Band) at the Town Hall on the Future of Copyright.

Early in the evening I gave my presentation Policy Laundering + Petition for Users' Rights! where I spoke of the true origins of Bill C-60 and one citizen-based response to it.

Later in the evening I met with Ms. Wasylycia-Leis for a short time and chatted (the jazz music was loud so it wasn't long). I gave her a copy of Lessig

I met with Bev Oda on Friday March 12, 2005. I posted some notes to the forum.

I also brought some things to give to her.

• Copy of "free culture" (hardcover)
  
• Fading Ways Share1
  
• One of the Creative Commons "Mouse pads"
  
• dj nonsense "here's another sample..."
  
• Copy of TheOpenCD.org that I hand out.
  
• printout of my summary of the Heritage report
  
• 2 of the media articles, the press release, backgrounder, and letter to the minister from the security companies.
  

This afternoon I dropped off a copy of "free culture" by Lawrence Lessig with Jeff Legault (Special Assistant - West & North, Office of the President of the Treasury Board). He will then be able to give this to Reg Alcock when he is next at the Ottawa Office.

I have sent out a number of messages offering to give MPs a copy of "free culture" by US law professor Lawrence Lessig. This morning I received a return phone call from Claire of David McGuinty's office who mentioned that the campaign office is being used and is open while what will be the new constituency office is being renovated (the office that was previously used by Hon. John Manley). I walked over and dropped off a copy of "free culture", as well as a printout of an article from Canadian New Media talking about how Newly-named Parliamentary secretary to the minister of Canadian Heritage Sarmite Bulte is wanting to fast-track WIPO ratifying legislation.