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My name is Janet, I'm 24 years old and I work for a company in Toronto that Licenses Music. I am also a singer/songwriter, and I graduated from the Music Industry Arts program at Fanshawe College in 2006. Needless to say, I have a passion for music and I am generally concerned with the future of the music industry.
I am particularly concerned with the fact that under the current law, there is so much confusion as to what is, and what is not, acceptable for Canadian consumers over the internet. And since there are no modern copyright rules in place, it allows users to freely steal music without any consequence. This really undermines the hard working creators and weakens the industry as a whole.
Canada's copyright reforms must:
- Create online legal certainty to enable a robust legitimate online marketplace.
- Provide strong copyright protection that provides incentives for entrepreneurs to invest in innovative new digital business models that enhance Canadian consumer choice.
- Avoid vaguely-worded, open-ended or flexible exceptions to copyright that invite litigation, create legal uncertainty and deter new business models.
- Prohibit hacking of digital protections of creative works under the same principles that prohibit picking locks, hacking computers or stealing satellite signals.
- Modernize Canada’s copyright laws in accordance with the WIPO Treaties and international best practices so Canada is in line with the EU, US, Japan and our other major trading partners.
- Provide clear rules against unauthorized file sharing services to ensure that Canada does not become a haven for illegitimate operations that profit from enabling the massive theft of other people’s property.
Canada is years behind its trading partners in reforming copyright laws for the digital age. The time has come for Canada to catch up with the rest of the world.
Thank you for your time and consideration of this highly important issue.
Janet Turner
Singer/Songwriter
Music Industry Arts Graduate, Fanshawe College
