Sleepy notes on IP at UofT

I may as well dump this out of my clipboard. I woke up a little late today and missed the 9:30am start of the copyright round table held at the University of Toronto. I took a few sleepy notes but there’s nothing new in them. The panel included MP Dan McTeague as well as representitives from CRIA, CIRPA, ACTRA, CACN, EMI, and the ESA. Since I missed the introductions my attributions are also a little hazy.

On whether makers of P2P software would face liability.
Henderson: Who do we go after? … You want to be able to go after a major. If you have torrent sites like, Pirate Bay for example, that’s who you want to target.

On China issue: Impact on issue of IP Rights. Different philosophy and different legal framework. Eg. of cell phone networks as largest distributor of software.
Mcteague: Bigger issue than forcing policy on China is dealing with counterfeits that arrive in Canada.

To EMI: Consumer or enabler.
EMI: Never going after the consumer. Not the Canadian way. Canada in particular found an interest in “education.” Education didn’t work. Now work through gov, trying to make consumers happy.

Post-sec: What do you do about educational use?
Answer: Lack of understanding of what is infringement. Movements towards best practices.

If I did have a recorded copy it would be to suss out something that I think I heard Henderson of CRIA say in the closing comments. I may be imagining things, but what he said sounded like something from Lessig at first.

Update: Michael Geist attended. He has a much better write up.