What's fair is fair, copyright groups tell government

OTTAWA – More than two dozen organizations representing creators, innovators, educators, scholars, students and consumers are calling on the government to make copyright fair.Specifically, the groups have asked Industry Minister Tony Clement and Heritage Minister James Moore in an open letter to adopt a flexible approach to ‘fair dealing’ in order to “to better accommodate Canadians’ expressive and innovative values in a digital age”.Fair dealing is a defense under copyright law that allows the use of copyright-protected content without permission of the copyright owner in certain circumstances. But not all fair dealings qualify under the defence as currently drafted.“Right now,...