From russell at flora.ca Tue Jul 1 10:41:04 2008 From: russell at flora.ca (Russell McOrmond) Date: Tue Jul 1 10:39:53 2008 Subject: [discuss] Happy Canada day, from Parliament Hill Message-ID: I'm sitting here across from Parliament Hill, listening to the announcement of the musical ride. Thanks to OGWifi.ca for helping keep us always connected. Hope everyone is having a great day on Canada's birthday. And, if you manage to bump into any politicians, remember to offer a friendly greeting (and of course, a request for a meeting). I'm wearing my Linux.ca t-shirt with Tux and a maple leaf on the back. Salute to our flag ;-) -- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition! http://digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/ http://KillBillC61.ca "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware manufacturers, can pry control over my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or portable media player from my cold dead hands!" From russell at flora.ca Wed Jul 2 20:13:11 2008 From: russell at flora.ca (Russell McOrmond) Date: Wed Jul 2 20:11:59 2008 Subject: [discuss] Update of CLUE policy document. Message-ID: <486C1997.5030207@flora.ca> I am trying to make an update of our Copyright policy document from http://cluecan.ca/policy/copyright to reflect changes that have happened, and issues which we need to clarify. The draft is at: http://www.flora.ca/documents/clue-copyright-200807.html http://www.flora.ca/documents/clue-copyright-200807.odt http://www.flora.ca/documents/clue-copyright-200807.pdf It was only 2 pages, and has expanded to 4. IT is the new headings which added the additional pages. - Comparison of Liberal Bill C-60 ( June 2005) and Conservative Bill C-61 (June 2008) - Differentiating science from science fiction - Protecting legitimate business models Any feedback to improve the document is appreciated. I would also like to confirm with CLUE participants that this is the policy focus I should have for Copyright. While I have my own views on issues not related directly to software, I keep those to personal statements and not things I say on behalf of CLUE. -- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition! http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/ "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or portable media player from my cold dead hands!" From russell at flora.ca Tue Jul 8 11:10:03 2008 From: russell at flora.ca (Russell McOrmond) Date: Tue Jul 8 11:08:37 2008 Subject: [discuss] Fair Copyright for Canada - Ottawa Chapter - meets tonight. Message-ID: <4873834B.80608@flora.ca> Please circulate. Could someone make sure this makes it to the OCLUG mailing list, and other Ottawa groups who will have an interest in fair copyright? Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Room 147B, Fauteux Hall, Univeristy of Ottawa Faculty of Law Street: 57 Louis Pasteur St. Mailing list and links to facebook group/etc. http://list.digital-copyright.ca/mailman/listinfo/ottawa If you join the mailing list, please introduce yourself by answering the following questions. 1. your riding 2. your willingness to talk to your MP (with others in your riding) 3. whether you?re willing to be a riding coordinator ? someone who will be the point of contact for setting up MP meetings and other events 4. whether you are willing to do graphics or web-programming type work for projects we might want to undertake this summer. -- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition! http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/ "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or portable media player from my cold dead hands!" From evan at telly.org Sun Jul 20 22:26:48 2008 From: evan at telly.org (Evan Leibovitch) Date: Sun Jul 20 22:26:45 2008 Subject: [discuss] MP Charlie Angus -- foe of C61? Message-ID: <4883F3E8.5030905@telly.org> I'd be curious to know if anyone here knows MP Charlie Angus, who has been highlighted as an opponent of C-61 and DMCA-style laws. Please read my brief blog entry on the CLUE website and add a comment if you're aware of the issue. Is Charlie our Parliamentary lightning rod, who deserves our positive re-enforcement? - Evan From russell at flora.ca Mon Jul 21 09:46:42 2008 From: russell at flora.ca (Russell McOrmond) Date: Mon Jul 21 09:52:36 2008 Subject: [discuss] MP Charlie Angus -- foe of C61? In-Reply-To: <4883F3E8.5030905@telly.org> References: <4883F3E8.5030905@telly.org> Message-ID: <48849342.8000900@flora.ca> Evan Leibovitch wrote: > I'd be curious to know if anyone here knows MP Charlie Angus, who has > been highlighted as an opponent of C-61 and DMCA-style laws. > > Please read my brief blog entry on the CLUE website and add a comment if > you're aware of the issue. Is Charlie our Parliamentary lightning rod, > who deserves our positive re-enforcement? I've been working closely with Charlie for a few years now. Even more interesting is that a few high profile candidates and other caucus members have joined Charlie. See the following: Canada?s Copyright party is ? the NDP? Copyright Q&A with Michael Byers, presumptive NDP candidate for Vancouver Center http://blogs.itworldcanada.com/insights/2008/07/15/michael-byers/ Copyright Q&A with Tom King, NDP candidate for Guelph http://blogs.itworldcanada.com/insights/2008/07/17/tom-king/ http://www.digital-copyright.ca/edid/35027 for more on this riding! -- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition! http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/ "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or portable media player from my cold dead hands!"