Response from Canadians (700 documents)

Submissions Received Regarding the Consultation Papers

As a part of the copyright reform process, the Departments of Industry and of Canadian Heritage solicited submissions regarding possible amendments to the Copyright Act with respect to the issues described in the two consultation documents, Consultation Paper on Digital Copyright Issues (html, pdf) and Consultation Paper on the Application of the Copyright Act's Compulsory Retransmission Licence to the Internet (html, pdf ).

Submissions regarding the consultation papers

Date Received	Links to submissions (html format) received from:
June 22, 2001	Mark Cuban
July 10, 2001	Samuel Philip Lake Smith
July 17, 2001	Ashley George
July 24, 2001	Jakub Wojnarowicz Christian Charette Richard Anthony Hein Jesse Burns Chris Nelson Cam Smithers Avi Cherry Ryan Peters Will Muncy Chris Friesen Sandy Harris
July 25, 2001	Tom A. Trottier Dmitry Kirsanov
July 27, 2001	Alexandre Guédon Vlad Sedach Pierre Lamy B. Cameron Lesiuk
July 28, 2001	Bill Muncy IIan Muskat Doug Streifel Hakim Sid Ahmed Michael Smith Dave Robillard Tony Mantler Vincent Janelle Stephen Scovil Mark Robinson Jay Fuerstenberg Donovan Hill Russell L. Magee Kristofer Hadikin Ben Brownlee Ernie Dunbar Brad Stewart Andy Brown David Olegar Aaron Piecowye Sebastian Ip Alexander Russell
July 29, 2001	Owen J. Hetherington Nicki Vankoughnett Olivier Langlois Dwaine Garden Dwaine Garden Michael T. Babcock Dave Smith Philip V. Neves Pavel Zaitsev Sandy Harris Aric Cyr Graydon Hoare Mark Richards
July 30, 2001	Anthony Gornicki. Dennis Grant Andrew Ford Ryan McDougall James Smith
July 31, 2001	Reid Sutherland Joseph Seatter Batz Batzy
August 1, 2001	Steve Bartram Rob MacDonald
August 2, 2001	Charles Cazabon David F. Skoll Mike Schmidt
August 3, 2001	Massimo Savino
August 4, 2001	Roy Brander
August 5, 2001	Stan J. Klimas Russell McOrmond Liam Quin
August 6, 2001	Ed Tomlinson
August 10, 2001	Sandy Harris
August 13, 2001	Brian M. Hunt
August 14, 2001	Mark Scherling
August 17, 2001	Chris Brand
August 18, 2001	Michael Kalus
August 22, 2001	Adrian Neill Paul Pival
August 24, 2001	Matthew Skala
August 27, 2001	Douglas Stebila
August 29, 2001	Mike C. Fletcher
August 30, 2001	Mark Robinson
August 31, 2001	Adam Shostack
September 04, 2001	Joel Tone Jeffrey Streifling Andy Hollbach The Edifying Fellowship of Ook
September 05, 2001	Dana Echtner
September 06, 2001	James R. Mitchell Stephen Salomons Andrew Bugera
September 08, 2001	Alan Truesdale Jonathan Gordon Darrell Greenwood Bill Gray Jeff Filjak Dennis Taylor Francis Hua-Hung Chang Phil Boutros Peter Wilhelm Mike Rain Brian J. Conway Matt White Pierre-Alexandre Garneau George Filion Martin Glaude Alastair Robinson Dennis Edwards Dale F. Reding George Lianeris Duncan de Verteuil Samuel Domski Andrew Gorman Mark Higgins Patrick Patterson Gord R.Lamb Marc Zaritsky Geoffrey Ducharme Dr. Ian Firla Perico de los Palotes Willem de Lind van Wijngaarden Scott Philip Nickolas E. A. Downey Gregory James Moulds Blair Steenerson Darrell Thomas Rhodenizer Andrew F. Hiob Darin Christopher Sunley Garry Haggins Dennis Carlstrom Stephane Daury Judith da Costa Rick Potthoff Yves Bernier Ruedi Eder Neil Fraser Gary Salter Patrick Lam Santiago Oleas Daniel Ballard Mike Warnecke Gordon Melvin Jonathan Walsh Eve Kotyk Rob Roach Mathieu Helie Kenneth Lem Julian Gollner Jonathan Wilsdon Nicolas Coderre Kenneth Peerless Maurice Turgeon Gary F. Cameron Jean-François Poirier Michael Argast Sam Coleman Jeffrey W. Good Charles M. Hannum Christopher Lord Craig Morris Olivier A. Dagenais Leons Petrazickis Allan Mertner
September 09, 2001	Peter McLachlan Rob Childress Joseph Kmiec Bruce J Peresky Jim Conner Roger Lam Philippe Dion Stephen H Kawamoto Michel Lemieux Brad Haines Piotr Kaminski Neal E. Coombes Chris Meier Matthew W. Farncombe Otto Martin Cory Doctorow John DuVal Michel Labelle Aaron Miller Bill Rosgen Ryan McGuigan Nicholas Solntseff Leendert van den Berg Travis Beals Jeffrey William Todd Robinson Stephen D. Green Randal Leavitt Micheal Small Akos Kokai Cory Syvenky Ben Nevile Benjamin Reid William Arthur Astle Charles Williamson Day, Jr. John Cavan Ari Friedman Richard Plana Martin Janzen Graham Hudson Marc Perron
September 10, 2001	Ronald Thomas Leszek Kolodziejczyk János Kramár Sini Stojicic Toni Mueller Ardavan Tajbakhsh Alain Lacasse Geoffrey Wiseman Ashten Remwa Derrick White Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)/ Association des bilbiothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) Christopher S Beck Haig Armen Michael S. Keller David Empey Loc Dao Ryan O'Neil R.G. (Randy) Goebel Peter Feldstein Jason Maynes Neil Schemenauer Jason Scott Parsons Chris Masterton Jay W. Thorne Ian Ward Rupert Brooks John Oswald Paul Magder & Fern Mosoff Stephen Tomlinson Andy Adler Glenn Chan John Forsythe Joel Knight Jason Cornick David Rowley James Hughes Logan Foster Hans Yodzis Pamela R. Patterson Aaron Matthews Keith Menard Andrew Jones Benjamin Edwards Kevin Tucker Kathy Hahn Richard Prytula Charlotte Wilcox Seth Arnold Evelyn Mitchell Kjetil Kjernsmo Fergal Warde John O'Sullivan Robert Mohid Lee Elliott John DiMarco Diana Harripersaud Matthew Olfert Steven A. Nikkel Alan Millar Etienne Bolduc
September 11, 2001	Dr. Jens Jahnke Barry Shell Zousar Shaker David Bauer Mark James Jeanny Louie Pollux Chung Harold S. Thompson John Selby Wayne Walter Godbehere Alnoor Jina Crispin Cowan Joshua Turner Scott McBride Brian Jeffrey Matsuo Sean Lange Jeff Mitchell Bryce Baker Eric G. Manning Thomas J. Kelly Stuart L Hodgins Rajiv Narendra Patel Clay Berlo Dave Chapeskie Mark Cannon Michael K. Steeves Jared Bryan Peter Bailey David Ranger Scott Gregory David Richardson Dean Pokotylo Don Anderson John Janmaat Galen Tucker Guy Davis Brandon Hume Kevin Mack Thomas Wisniewski Kells Kearney Kerry Swanson David Baerg Gordon Tyler Paul J. Sahota Rhoda Baker David Falloon Allison Marles Michael MacPherson
September 12, 2001	RightsMarket Inc. Cory Donnelly Bob Young Ijaaz A. Ullah David P Bowman Don Guy Trevor Baker Étienne Chénier Marcel VanDalfsen John Cormie Ben Sargent Jonathan Dingle Henning Noren Alex Kovacs Jairus Pryor Amos Hayes Kevin Worth Michel Dagenais Mark Andrew Hardy Evgueni Souleimanov Greg White Chris Fraser Shari Hatt David Megginson David Vessey Daniel Chu Herding Jason Barlow Ben Pearre Lucette Lupien Greer Pedoe Sean Rooney Josh York Robb Benedict Jay M. Hoeberechts Jill A.E. Harriman Wilson Carew Jason Clouston Sarah Walkowiak Ian Timshel Tim Mitchell Ben Jansens Guillaume Pratte Todd Showalter Dixon Kenner Chris Studholme Gatsby Wong George Geczy David Theodore Rypma
September 13, 2001	Russell McOrmond JumpTV Canada Inc. Canadian Chamber of Commerce Rob Edge Joel M. Malard Drasko Zagorac Jeff Rhyason Christopher Allen Andrew J. Mike Mark Tarrabain Rowan Kerr Rob Juffermans Barry Holmes Gregory Scott Charles Martin John Kratochvil Jonathan Bowers Jason Chu Mark Chandra Dhas Patrick Turcotte Charles Hoeberechts Blaine Dowler Orin Durey Jim Borynec Paul Tatham Brian Wheeler Marcia Wilbur Jason W. Collinge The Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada (AMTEC) Alan Falloon Lester Victor Marks Vladislav Vainberg Gord Wait Ian B.K. Simpson Neal Miskin Lorne Sturtevant Brian Robert Evans Mike Bell Alexandre Elias Tony Hilliard Aaron Fultz Shireen Nadir Scott Howard Corwin Head William Gunn Terry Taylor Thomas Dzubin Jeff Robinson Warren A. Layton Adam Mills Paul Dowman Emily R. Ezust
September 14, 2001	Technical University of British Columbia Canadian Association for Interoperable Systems (CAIS) Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA) Canada School Boards Association (CSBA) IBM Canada Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec (SPACQ) et la Société du droit de reproduction des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs au Canada (SODRAC) TransGaming Technologies Inc. Union des artistes Société québécoise de gestion collective des droits de reproduction (COPIBEC) Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels (RAAV) Canadian Archival Community Fédération nationale des communications relatif à la réforme du droit d'auteur Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) TELUS Comminications Inc. Council of Administrators of Large Urban Public Libraries (CALUPL) Information Technology Innovation Centre (ITIC) Canadian Motion Pictures Distributors Association (CMPDA) Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (CANCOPY) Canadian Library Association (CLA) Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) Copyright Coalition of Creators and Producers Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma (SARTEC) Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec (ARRQ) Howard Knopf Steven Hamann Darren Andrews and Steve Manley Pat Beirne Jason Kaczor Neil C. Curtis Paul R. Pival Jody Cameron Chris Majewski Chris Reuter Hight Criteria Inc. Ian Goldberg Grant Perreault Darwin O'Connor Mike Warren Gordon Haverland Michael Visser Andrew Hay John Mosko Daryl Warkentin Eric Weathers Eric R. Smith Lorne Salter Gary R. Young Mark McCutcheon Jack Dodds Steve M. Robbins Ryan Kelln Andrew Hanlon Richard Chilton Andrew Green Chad Chabot Alberto Fiore Geoffrey Glass Michael Lee Christopher Whitt Chris Vertonghen Pierre Igot Jason Lerch Marco De la Cruz Martin Baier Patrick Cheng N. N. Bailly Alan DeKok Geoffrey Wozniak Adam J. Longworth Randy Page Pierre Vallee Peter Mitsis Ken Zakreski Coridon Henshaw Claude Dion Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) Copyright Forum Kyle Lahnakoski Nathan Troxel Association quebecoise ses auteurs dramatiques (AQAD) British Columbia Library (BCLA) Calgary Public Library Joint IPIC / CBA Copyright Technical Committee Electronic Fronier Canada Periodical Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) Council on Access to Information for Print-Disabled Newspaper Guild Canada and the Canadian Media Guild Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC)
September 15, 2001	Chantal Bertrand Goldie M. Shea-Green Nick Sklav Edward A. Norminton M. T. MacPhee Aden Seaman Jean-François Martineau Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) OnDisC Alliance Antonio Brovelli Kevin Hartmann Thomas Fitzsimmons DIRECTV INC. Adam C. Ottley John Sled Dan Scott Patrice Laflamme Sylvain Falardeau Stefanos Kiakas Tim Bartelsman William G. McGrath Martin François Foster Lew Pitcher Aron Burrell e-Privacy Management Systems Inc.
September 16, 2001 to October 1, 2001	Darren Best Patrick Silletta Cam MacLeod Patrick Chapman Richard Akerman Anthony de Boer Chris Palmer Mike Montour John Stevenson Hugh Redelmeier David Morley Carrie Haber Kenneth Chisholm Gilles Kirouac Brett Delmage Alayne McGregor Karl Stevens Patrick Sauvageau Joshua Rose James Dave Bullis Roland Bernier Claudia Schmeing Ian Clelland and Kevin Griffin Bengt Lindström Itrat Khan Nick Lewychy Mylène Lajoie Jonathan Arkell Matthew J. Kaiser Robert Johnston Jim Carrico Alan Hodgson Terry Stewart Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists (ACTRA) National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Association pour l'avancement des sciences et des techniques de documentation (ASTED) Canadian Photographers Coalition Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) Media Content Coalition (MCC) Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) AmericaOnLine-Time Warner (AOL-TW) Writers' Guild of Canada Canadian Copyright Institute Aliant Inc., Bell Canada, Bell ExpressVu LP, Bell Globemedia Inc., Bell Mobility Inc., Northwestel Inc., Télébec ltée and Telesat Canada Directors' Guild of Canada Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD) et de la Société civile des auteurs multimédia (SCAM) Information Mechanics Ottawa, Inc. Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP) Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse Mark Wilson Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)/ Société Radio-canada(src) Peter St. Onge Juan Pablo Salazar Bertin Canadian National for the Blind (CNIB) Benjamin David Cook Nathan Cordeiro Vagelis Zervas Brant Bobby Eric Blake Digital Content Management Services (DCMS) British Columbia Library Association Austin Hook Jason J. Woodside Gordon Fecyk Brian Dowding Hugo Fortier Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec (APFTQ) Canadian Publishers' Council Dustin Harriman Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) Steve Mulder Mark Hahn Steven Singer Fred Fierling Union des écrivains et écrivaines québécois Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ) Canadian Printing Industries Association Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC), the League of Canadian Poets (LCP) and the Playwrights Union of Canada (PUC) George Geczy Robert Coxe Canadian Independent Record Production Association (CIRPA) Lorne Salter The Graduate Student Society of the University of British Columbia Wes Barron Eric Pettifor Bruce Atherton John Bayko John Burns Wallace McLean Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)

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