The Documentary Organization of Canada, ("DOC") which speaks for hundreds of Canadian documentarians, issued a package in anticipation of a copyright bill before Christmas. Here is their public letter to the Ministers. There is a background white paper (by your's truly) that discusses legal issues, particularly the problems of the "clearance culture" and makes several specific recommendations. There is also a survey of DOC members on their experiences with copyright and the clearance culture.
Here's the DOC press release.
Here's the Globe and Mail story.
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The Creator's Copyright Coalition begs to differ:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.creatorscopyright.ca/op-ed/2006-12-06/documentary-access
Since they are creators, and a coalition, they are right and you are wrong. You should just admit it now and save everyone a lot of grief.