{"id":1564,"date":"2009-09-04T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.172.169.176\/~stilcasi\/fr\/federal-copyright-act\/"},"modified":"2009-09-04T08:00:40","modified_gmt":"2009-09-04T12:00:40","slug":"federal-copyright-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stilcasing.com\/fr\/federal-copyright-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Copyright Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canadian government is looking to reform the country’s Copyright Act,\u00a0this new legislation could\u00a0have a profound impact on the ways and means\u00a0archivists, interact with both\u00a0their users and\u00a0their collections when it comes to making the latter accessible to the former. Mrs. \u00a0Nancy Marrelli, Chair of the CCA’s Copyright Committee,\u00a0is working\u00a0to inform the government, through the consultative process,<\/p>\n

The ACA (Association fo Canadian Archivists) will be making a submission on behalf of its membership as a whole, and while hopes this will add weight and substance to Mrs. Marrelli’s effort, it will be equally vital if you, individually, can lend your voice as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Below is the plan of action that\u00a0Mrs. Marrellihas laid\u00a0out, please take a few moments to read her message\u00a0which\u00a0the key phrase is\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0that we are asking for amendment of the Canadian Copyright Act to include a technologically neutral access right to archival holdings, permitting archives to make archival holdings accessible to the public using digital technology, including the Internet.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

The deadline for such a submission is 13 September 2009, so I urge you to act quickly.<\/p>\n

I wish to thank Mr. Paul Banfield, President of the Association of Canadian Archivists, for sending this message to all their members!<\/p>\n


\nOn June 20, 2009 the Minister of Industry, Tony Clement, and the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, James Moore, launched nation-wide consultations on the issue of copyright reform to prepare for the introduction of new copyright legislation.
\nAs you know from earlier postings to this list, the CCA participated in a roundtable discussion with invited organizations in Gatineau and in a town hall meeting in Montreal in July 2009.\u00a0 A consultation website has been launched at:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/copyright.econsultation.ca\/http:\/\/copyright.econsultation.ca\/topics-sujets\/show-montrer\/18<\/a><\/p>\n

This website provides information on the issues and the government consultations, and provides direct access to the more than 1,000 submissions already received and makes it very easy for all interested parties to post their formal submissions,\u00a0 Anyone can make a submission by simply creating an e-mail directly on the site.<\/p>\n

The CCA has made a formal submission that outlines our concerns and recommendations in detail.\u00a0 This submission is attached as a PDF for your information.\u00a0 The most important feature of this submission is that we are asking for amendment of the Canadian Copyright Act to include a technologically neutral access right to archival holdings, permitting archives to make archival holdings accessible to the public using digital technology, including the Internet.<\/p>\n

To achieve this urgent change in the copyright law, it is important that individual archivists and all those concerned about archives participate in this consultation and make known our concerns.<\/p>\n

The Copyright Committee would like to encourage every archives and every archivist to engage in this consultation process to deliver the archival community’s key message to the government. To assist you, the committee’s key message on copyright reform and the rationale behind it are set out below.\u00a0 Please use these points if they are helpful to you in preparing your own on-line submission.<\/p>\n

This is a wonderful opportunity to make known to government the concerns we have about being able to provide effective service in the digital environment.\u00a0 Your submission can be short and to the point but it should reflect your concerns about this important issue and your support of the CCA key message.<\/p>\n

If you wish us to review a draft, please don’t hesitate to e-mail it to me and we will send you feedback as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

Please ask all concerned colleagues, users and friends to support the CCA submission and the key message we are promoting at this time.\u00a0 Please share your submissions with the the list if you wish.<\/p>\n

The deadline for submissions is September 13 so don’t delay.\u00a0 Let’s make our voices heard loud and clear!<\/p>\n

KEY MESSAGE<\/p>\n

Archivists are asking for amendment of the Canadian Copyright Act to include a technologically neutral access right to archival holdings, permitting archives to make archival holdings accessible to the public using digital technology, including the Internet.
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\nAnd this is why we want this change:<\/p>\n