What is DRM? Digital Restrictions Management

Make sure you catch Paige Gratland's "Celebrity Lezbian Fist Launch" this Saturday June 21st from 1-3pm at Art Metropole, 788 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Mél Hogan for AT with Paige Gratland

[AT] Can you talk a bit about the story of Cynthia Plaster Caster, the inspiration for your project?

Bill C-61: First Reactions
By Laure J Murray
http://www.faircopyright.ca/?p=125

Now that my blog is back up and running after being hacked last night (why last night after all those somnolent months I wonder…?) and the day’s interviews are over, here are a few first responses to this bill.

From: http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/general/

The roots of the World Intellectual Property Organization go back to 1883, when Johannes Brahms was composing his third Symphony, Robert Louis Stevenson was writing Treasure Island, and John and Emily Roebling were completing construction of New York's Brooklyn Bridge.

Copyright Reform Process

Fact Sheets

* Format Shifting
* Time Shifting
* Private Copying of Music
* Private Use by Canadian Consumers (Time Shifting, Format Shifting, Private Copying of Music)
* Limitations on Statutory Damages
* New Rights and Protections for Copyright Owners
* Internet Service Providers: Copyright Liability
* Education and Research Amendments
* Technological Measures (TMs or Digital Locks)

http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/crp-prda.nsf/en/h_rp01157e.html