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

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

ISO material is just as costly and restrictive, odd, considering that
contributions and standards development is done by volunteers.  In addition
the feds fund these by ensuring that top officials sit at standards tables,
which means that travel & hr time, lots of it, is dedicated to this
activity.

For standards to be unbiased, there needs to be some sort of arms length
from gov and industry, while in the end, standards are created by those at
the table, which are primariy gov and industry.

cheers
t

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Joe Murray
<joe.murray at jmaconsulting.biz>wrote:

> 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
> skype JosephPMurray twitter JoeMurray
> 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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