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Collected thoughts on Bill C-32 (Copyright amendment)

Trevor Stafford — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:15:42 +0000

A bill to amend Canada’s Copyright Act is being read in the House of Commons today. Here’s a list of the reactions so far. A good source of conversation and reaction can be found on the #C32 Twitter hashtag.

The Bill itself can be found here:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/32401372/Copyright-Bill-C32

“Flawed but fixable” (video) by Michael Geist

The Problem with Bill C-32 by Jonathan Fritz

Bill C-32: The Latest Attempt to Amend the Copyright Act by Jeremy Costin

C-32 Attention, un train peut en cacher un autre! by Jean-Robert Bisaillon

Canadian Association of Research Libraries commends C32

More to come, stay tuned. If you want to share a link or blog post, please contact us on twitter or at info@cmdn.ca

Unique Opportunities for Canadian New Media Companies at Cross Media New York 2010

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:59:53 +0000

A heavyweight list of senior industry executives headline the first annual Cross Media conference on Wednesday, March 10th.

Sponsored in part by the Government of Canada, Cross Media hopes to ‘melt silos’ and bring companies in parallel media sectors together.

The conference includes two industry-focused case studies and four demonstrations of emerging media technologies, plus plenty of legacy-style networking.

Attendees include:

Mathieu Ferland, Cross Media Group Senior Producer, Ubisoft
Alistair Mitchell, Vice President of Multimedia Integration, RIM
Senior Vice President Ashley J. Swartz. of Digitas

The conference also includes industry-focused case studies and four demonstrations of emerging cross media technologies, all designed to give attendees a more direct and personal understanding of how cross media can be implemented successfully.

Don’t miss this opportunity to interact with senior decision makers from the world of Video, Internet, Gaming, Mobile and more

Register using code ‘CANADA‘ and receive 15% off the (surprisingly low) attendance fee.

Digital Media Event Roundup

Joseph Fung — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:31:44 +0000

Here is a list of upcoming events that you may be interested in. If you know of any other events that may be of interest to a Canadian Digital Media audience, just drop me a line at joseph@communitech.ca and I’ll be sure to add them to future roundups.