From: "Hansen, Dave" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:31:59 +0000

I don't mean to derail the conversation or to besmirch Access
Copyright, but Ariel Katz has a very revealing post blog post, here,
http://arielkatz.org/archives/1347, about Access Copyright's role in
the Canadian copyright law revision.

He starts " Two issues, fair dealing and digital locks, have attracted
most of the attention in the debates about Bill C-11. Little or no
attention has been given to a few provisions in the Bill, especially
the proposed subsections 30.02(6), (7) and (8), which are buried
within a highly obscure and technical part of the Bill. These
provisions constitute one of the greatest and boldest copyright grabs
in Canadian copyright history.

So this post is dedicated to this copyright grab and the organization
behind it. It is about a corporation whose business model is based on
encouraging a large scale unauthorized use of copyrighted materials,
without getting the copyright owners' permission. No, this post is not
about Napster R.I.P., or Megaupload. This post is about Access
Copyright. Yes, you read it correctly. Access Copyright, the
organization that would let anyone believes is the strongest protector
of copyright and authors' rights, is the main beneficiary of the
proposed digital copyright grab."

Dave Hansen


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sally Morris <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:49:17 +0100
>
> Forgive me if I'm missing something, but exactly what is wrong with defending
> the legitimate copyrights of publishers and their authors?
>
> Sally
>
> Sally Morris
> Email:  [log in to unmask]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heather Morrison <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:16:04 -0700
>
> Further to the bizarre developments in Canada with Access Copyright, note that
> Access Copyright describes itself as a global organization, as a member of the
> International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations.

[SNIP]