[CivicAccess-discuss] Cdn Standards Assoc (c) & cost recovery

[Joe Murray]

Here's another area of concern. Note that the CSA is just trying to cover
their costs through sale of copyrighted material, but could provide them as
copyleft if they were properly funded by the federal government.

CSA is the Canadian Standards body for lots of IT things as well as physical
products.

Joe Murray, PhD
President, JMA Consulting
joe.murray at jmaconsulting.biz
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416.466.1281


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Cathy Frederickson <cathy.frederickson at csa.ca>
Date: Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:20 AM
Subject: Upcoming CSA Webex Sessions to discuss CSA Copyright Assignment
Requests
To: member at csa.ca
Cc: Sam Loggia <sam.loggia at csa.ca>, David Briere <David.Briere at csa.ca>,
Loretta Wegman <loretta.wegman at csa.ca>, Aliya Ramji <
Aliya.Ramji at csagroup.org>


Dear CSA IT Committee Members:



Over the last few months CSA has been communicating with you regarding our
efforts to strengthen our CSA copyright position.



With the use of the internet and other growing social media channels, it has
become increasingly evident that CSA(and other Standards Organizations)
copyrighted materials are being copied and distributed without permission.

Recognizing that CSA offsets part of our operating costs through the sale of
our standards, this continued activity could undermine the future viability
of our association.



CSA is currently looking at several cases to take legal action against
violations of misuse and infringement of our copyright standards. Most
 members will appreciate that in our efforts to legally protect our
copyright, we also need to ensure that those contributing towards the
development of these materials provide a copyright release. We have since
requested all committee members explicit permission to use their
intellectual property which is brought to the table for incorporation into
the final standard. This is not intended to prevent members from reasonably
utilizing the contributions for their own activities, however CSA does need
to ensure that our members are allowing us to use these contributions in the
final CSA standard and related products.



Unfortunately our communications have unintentionally resulted in concerns
being raised regarding the implications of assigning member copyright to
CSA. As a result we will be offering a series of Webex sessions specifically
on the issue of copyright for our members. We hope you will be available to
attend one of these sessions and come with your questions and concerns.



Please join us for one or more of the following sessions:



Thursday May 26 , 1-2pm EST.

Thursday June 23, 1-2pm EST.

Thursday July 21, 1-2 pm EST.

Thursday August 25 1-2pm EST.



Yours truly,

Cathy Frederickson

Manager Member Education

CSA Standards

416-747-2567
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