The world's most recent and most devestating disaster raises questions about how to best use the power of media to warn and communicate such events to the people that live there (providing, they are, in fact, wired).
Cyberspace has demonstrated the power of electronic media. In particular, it has been an instrument to help communicate the whereabouts of loved ones, however tragic the outcome may be in the end. Popular travel websites and fellow bloggers alike are using the internet to broadcast helpful and immediate messages about people, places, and things of great importance to many - things which otherwise might be broadcast with little effectiveness.
In light of this, I have a peculiar request. I hope that you might access the link at the bottom of this message to demand that Canada not commodify the internet (even if it is with regards to a copyright) in any way, shape, or form. Without getting to deep into the problems with this issue, suffice it to say that the free flow of information and speedy communication in general will inevitably be hampered such a law, even if it is impossible to enforce:
Ottawa is about to blunder in cyberspace, lawyers and academics warn. In the Globe and Mail article "Ottawa's copyright plans wrongheaded, experts say Web users would have to pay levy on free material if changes become law"
"Last week, the standing committee on Canadian Heritage resubmitted its recommendations for updating the Copyright Act of 1998 and ratifying the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaty. Copyright lawyers say that if the changes are made into law, you will not even be able to own your own wedding pictures or save a Web page without paying for it. Among other things, the committee proposes that photographers keep the rights to their work and surfers would have to pay a levy for material even if was offered free of charge."
More information:
Petition for Users' Rights
Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage: Table of Contents
Protecting Ourselves to Death: Canada, Copyright and the Internet , by Laura J. Murray, First Monday: Peer-Reviewed Journal on the Internet
source: uwinnipeg.ca
Cyberspace has demonstrated the power of electronic media. In particular, it has been an instrument to help communicate the whereabouts of loved ones, however tragic the outcome may be in the end. Popular travel websites and fellow bloggers alike are using the internet to broadcast helpful and immediate messages about people, places, and things of great importance to many - things which otherwise might be broadcast with little effectiveness.
In light of this, I have a peculiar request. I hope that you might access the link at the bottom of this message to demand that Canada not commodify the internet (even if it is with regards to a copyright) in any way, shape, or form. Without getting to deep into the problems with this issue, suffice it to say that the free flow of information and speedy communication in general will inevitably be hampered such a law, even if it is impossible to enforce:
Ottawa is about to blunder in cyberspace, lawyers and academics warn. In the Globe and Mail article "Ottawa's copyright plans wrongheaded, experts say Web users would have to pay levy on free material if changes become law"
"Last week, the standing committee on Canadian Heritage resubmitted its recommendations for updating the Copyright Act of 1998 and ratifying the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaty. Copyright lawyers say that if the changes are made into law, you will not even be able to own your own wedding pictures or save a Web page without paying for it. Among other things, the committee proposes that photographers keep the rights to their work and surfers would have to pay a levy for material even if was offered free of charge."
More information:
Petition for Users' Rights
Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage: Table of Contents
Protecting Ourselves to Death: Canada, Copyright and the Internet , by Laura J. Murray, First Monday: Peer-Reviewed Journal on the Internet
source: uwinnipeg.ca
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