[CivicAccess-discuss] new group in canada

[Michael Lenczner]

it's not a problem.  i was just worried that this group would have
made our work over the last 2 months irrelevant.

but after closer examination i think that we're doing different (enough) stuff.


On 12/9/05, Stephane Guidoin <stephane.guidoin at polymtl.ca> wrote:
>  What's the problem ?
>
>  Michael Lenczner wrote:
>  "Online Rights Canada (ORC) is a grassroots organization that promotes
> the public's interest in technology and information policy. We believe
> that Canadians should have a voice in copyright law, access to
> information, freedom from censorship, and other issues that we face in
> the digital world. Join us by using the form on your right to sign up
> for email updates."
>
>
> - . . . .
>
> :-|
>
>
> On 12/9/05, Michael Lenczner <mlenczner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  ---Original Message-----
> From: Russell McOrmond [mailto:russell at flora.ca]
> Sent: December 9, 2005 4:52 PM
> To: DCC Announcements
> Cc: General Copyright Discussions; Universal Access Canada; GOSLING
> members in Ottawa; CANadian OPENsource Education and Research;
> discuss at linux.ca
> Subject: [CPI-UA] New Canadian Voice in Digital Rights Issues: Online
> Rights Canada (ORC)
>
>
> (Please widely circulate!)
>
> December 09, 2005
> New Canadian Voice in Digital Rights Issues
>
> Online Rights Canada Launches with EFF, CIPPIC Support
>
> Toronto - Online Rights Canada (ORC) launched in Canada Friday, giving
> Canadians a new voice in critical technology and information policy
> issues. The grassroots organization is jointly supported by the
> Canadian
>
> Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) and the Electronic
> Frontier Foundation (EFF).
>
> "Canadians are realizing in ever-greater numbers that the online world
> offers tremendous opportunities for learning, communicating, and
> innovating, but that those opportunities are at risk as a result of
> corporate practices, government policies and legal regimes that hinder
> online privacy and free speech," said Philippa Lawson, Executive
> Director
> and General Counsel of CIPPIC. "Online Rights Canada provides a home on
> the Internet for grassroots activism on digital issues that are
> important
> to ordinary Canadians."
>
> "With the Canadian government preparing for a January election, all of
> last year's legislation is back on the drawing board. Canadians now
> have
>
> another chance to present a public interest perspective on issues like
> copyright reform and increased government surveillance," said Ren
> Bucholz,
> EFF's Policy Coordinator, Americas. "We are happy to be launching ORC
> at
>
> such a critical time."
>
> One of ORC's first actions is a petition drive against unwarranted
> surveillance law. A bill proposed in Parliament last month would have
> allowed law enforcement agencies to obtain personal information without
> a
> warrant and forced communications providers to build surveillance
> backdoors into the hardware that routes phone calls and Internet
> traffic.
> The petition asks Canadian lawmakers to protect citizens' privacy
> rights
>
> when the new government convenes in 2006. Other important issues for
> ORC
>
> will include copyright law, access to information, and freedom from
> censorship.
>
> "Today, ORC focuses on digital copyright and lawful access. But there
> is
>
> no reason to restrict the site to those two issues," said CIPPIC Staff
> Counsel David Fewer. "Our hope is that ORC will evolve into the first
> place to go for Canadians looking for opportunities to protect their
> online rights. Anyone can be an activist - Online Rights Canada will
> give
> you the tools you need."
>
> Online Rights Canada is the latest group to join the global fight for
> digital rights. Digital Rights Ireland launched earlier this week, and
> the
> Open Rights Group launched in the United Kingdom last month.
>
> For Online Rights Canada:
> http://www.onlinerights.ca
>
> Contacts:
>
> Ren Bucholz
> Policy Coordinator, Americas
> Electronic Frontier Foundation
> ren -at- eff -.- org
>
> Philippa Lawson
> Executive Director
> Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
> plawson -at uottawa -.- ca
>
> --
>  Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
>  2378+ Canadians oppose Bill C-60. This bill protects antiquated
> Recording,
>  Motion Picture and "software manufacturing" industries from
> modernization.
>  http://KillBillC60.ca Sign-->
> http://digital-copyright.ca/petition/
>
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