PRAISE FOR CANADIAN COPYRIGHT
?This book carefully balances history and tradition with advocacy
for reform... The audience for this book should include all
Canadians, not just communications nerds, policy wonks, and working
artists. Otherwise... we?ll get the culture that we deserve rather
than the culture that we want.?
? Quill & Quire
?Murray and Trosow guide the reader through such murky waters with
clarity, grace and good humour ... should remain valuable for years
to come.?
? CAUT Bulletin
?An informative exploration of the various facets of copyright laws
... The book [is highly readable and relevant.?
? Our Times
?Will remain an important text, regardless of changes to the letter
of the law... What makes the project of this book entirely laudable
is that it imagines Canadian citizenship in a contemporary milieu
as something that invariably involves active cultural production as
well as consumption.?
? TOPIA, Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies
"Copyright law is too important to leave to the lawyers alone...
Highly recommended!?
? David Bollier, author of Brand Name Bullies:
The Quest to Own and Control Culture
?Laura Murray and Sam Trosow walk us through the issues that are
defining Canada?s place in the digital age. Find out where you
stand in the battle between U.S. trade lobbyists and kids with an
I-Pod.?
? Charlie Angus, MP (Timmins-James Bay), cultural
spokesman for the New Democratic Party and former lead singer with
the Juno-nominated Grievous Angels
?Canadian Copyright is an indispensable lay person''s
guide through the practical, legal and philosophical copyright
maze...Canadian Copyright is a much needed book. ?
? Paul Whitney, City Librarian, Vancouver Public
Library, Chair of the Canadian Urban Library Council Copyright
Committee
?Canadian Copyright should be in every art and design
student''s backpack. It elegantly clarifies the law, its nuances
and applications, while opening up opportunities for discussion of
copyleft, appropriation and fair use. With sections on music, film
and video, visual arts, craft and design, websites and digital
rights, and current case examples, it is ideal as a text for use in
Professional Practice courses. It is also fascinating, well
constructed, and very readable.?
? Johanna Householder, Professor, Faculty of Art,
Ontario College of Art and Design
?Students in my courses often don''t really know, or seem to care,
about copyright - until we actually start discussing it. After
that, the questions never end, as they realize the extent to which
this issue permeates literally every aspect of our lives as
citizens, consumers and media producers. Thanks to Murray &
Trosow, we finally have a highly accessible guide to Canadian
copyright that provides well-researched, and often fascinating,
answers to many of these questions?
? Matt Soar, Assistant Professor of Communication
Studies, Concordia University
"It is time to reform Canada''s copyright law, and Canadian
Copyright: A Citizen''s Guide reveals the path that this
reform should take."
? Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada