Creators' coalition drafts new copyright legislation

TORONTO – A coalition of Canada’s professional creators is offering a helping hand to the government as it considers new copyright legislation.The Creators' Copyright Coalition (CCC) is an alliance of national associations, unions and collectives representing more than 10,000 artists working primarily in the English language media in Canada. It has drafted what it calls a “guiding principles paper” that it says will help to “unleash the full creative and economic potential of Canadian artists, writers, photographers, visual artists, screenwriters, directors, composers, musicians and performers”.The group’s list of proposals include:- Payment for use of copyright material;- “Hand-outs” must not replace...