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The October 7 and October 9 (linked above) meetings of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage featured Mr. Bruce Stockfish (Director General, Copyright Policy, Department of Canadian Heritage) and Ms. Susan Bincoletto (Director, Intellectual Property Policy, Department of Industry) giving introductory presentations on what the Departments want out of the copyright reform process. They were still very much talking in generalities at this point, but it's worth at least a skim. I was pleased that Ms. Bincoletto at least mentioned several of the points I consider most important, and in a way that indicates she's aware of some of the things I want her to be aware of. For instance, she said on TPM protection):
As well, when we were here last May, I think I made the analogy of a CD that is copy protected but is protecting, for example, information that's in the public domain. We have to make sure that the copy protection does not lock up information that should be readily available because it is in the public domain, and neither should it nullify certain exceptions in the Copyright Act that currently exist and that would provide legitimate access for certain groups to certain material.
And on "notice and takedown":
Obviously, in examining these options we're looking at other statutes. There is currently the Criminal Code in the case of child pornography, for example, or hate literature, which has developed a model. We're looking at that as well to make sure that once again in developing our options the solutions are proportionate to the problems that we're trying to solve. There are also obviously privacy considerations. We're examining that as well with the Department of Justice.
[Heritage Committee briefed on copyright reform]
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