CCA Bulletin 5/11 - The cultural sector mobilizes around copyright reform
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Just the Facts
Earlier today, the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) participated in a press conference held on Parliament Hill in Ottawa to make public Canada’s Cultural Industries’ Joint Statement on Bill C-32, the Copyright Modernization Act. The statement is signed by 88 national and provincial arts service organizations from all arts and culture disciplines. Bill C-32 is currently the object of study by a special legislative committee of the House of Commons.
The Joint Statement brings together an unprecedented coalition of organizations from the arts and culture industries representing writers, performers, actors, illustrators, musicians, composers, publishers, poets, playwrights, producers and songwriters who are all urging Parliamentarians to make changes to Bill C-32. This coalition is part of a $46 billion industry that employs more than 600,000 Canadians and that, as often stated by Heritage Minister James Moore, contributes twice as much to the GDP as the forestry industry.(more)
Labels: Bill C-32, copyright, joint statement
posted by Canadian Conference of the Arts / Conférence canadienne des arts at 10:14 a.m.
1 Comments:
It now seems clear that the needs of artists are merely an annoyance to the federal government. This act if itis not amended will prove to be a dangerous precedent for the sector. No other group of workers has been treated so poorly by any federal government.
When the feds "get tough on crime" they soon forget the pillaging of our sector.
Thanks to the CCA for keeping us informed about this sad situation. All of us need to talk to our MP's or we'll end up with a meaningless piece of legislation which tacitly endorses theft by default.
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