ARCHIVED — A Hamilton Public Library Baord

COPYRIGHT REFORM PROCESS

REPY COMMENTS

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Reply comment from Hamilton Public Library Board received on October 22, 2001 via e-mail

Subject: Copyright Respoonse

October 22, 2001



Comments - Government of Canada Copyright Reform,
c/o Intellectual Property Policy,
Industry Canada,
235 Queen Street,
5th Floor West,
Ottawa, Ontario,
K1A 0H5

I am writing at the direction of the Hamilton Public Library Board in order to comment on the government’s A Framework for Copyright Reform and Consultation Paper on Digital Copyright Issues.

At its meeting on October 17th the Hamilton Public Library Board passed a resolution supporting both the Canadian Library Association and the Council of Administrators of Large Urban Public Libraries briefs on electronic copyright issues, both of which were submitted to the federal government.

The Hamilton Public Library Board is disappointed that key public policy objectives which protect a citizen's access to information may be compromised by the government’s proposals. It is the position of the board that electronic copyright issues should be covered by legislation and regulations that carry the same principles of balanced treatment used when print formats are considered. The Board sees no reason to distinguish between formats or to allow technological limitations merely because they can be implemented.

Yours,



Ken Roberts,
Secretary to the Hamilton Public Library Board