Help rewrite Canada's copyright law

by John Sullivan
FSF operations manager

This is a great opportunity to remove the bad parts of the bill, and to guide the reform efforts toward something sane and consistent with free software principles.

These articles might make good additions to their Copyright Links section, as well as good background reading for improving the bill:

• Freedom or Copyright
• Misinterpreting Copyright
• The War on Sharing: Why the FSF Cares about the RIAA lawsuits

While these articles talk about US copyright law, the idea that copyright's purpose is to promote authorship and thus benefit the public is accepted in the legal tradition of the English-speaking world, not just in the US.

To coordinate with other activists on this effort, see the LibrePlanet wiki page.