TORONTO – Canadian creators are urging the government to adopt copyright laws that support arts and culture in Canada.
With Prime Minister Harper’s June deadline looming, the Creators Copyright Coalition (CCC) issued its wish list on what it hopes the new copyright bill will contain.
The group said that the new bill should ratify the WIPO Internet treaties; update the private copying regime; designate writers and directors as joint authors of AV works; facilitate consumer access to content while ensuring creators are fairly compensated; not expand fair dealing; and institute strong penalties against content piracy.
“Our coalition brings together organizations with diverse interests”, said CCC chair Bill Freeman, in a statement. “We all agree that these points must be reflected in the new copyright bill if the government is serious about taking a balanced approach that respects content creators.”
The Creators Copyright Coalition is an alliance of 15 professional associations of individual creators and performers and copyright collective societies active in the theatre, the visual arts, the applied arts, literature, music, recording and audiovisual (radio, television, film and commercials). Together these 15 associations and collectives represent more than 100,000 creators (authors and performers) who are copyright owners.
