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

[David Eaves]

Joe - really glad you raised this. Going to apply my brain to it. Such a 
great example of governing bodies getting it wrong.

I'm working with a client in a similar space so this is really timely. 
Thank you.

cheers,
dave

On 11-05-18 9:25 AM, Joe Murray 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 <mailto:joe.murray at jmaconsulting.biz>
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> 416.466.1281
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Cathy Frederickson* <cathy.frederickson at csa.ca 
> <mailto: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 <mailto:member at csa.ca>
> Cc: Sam Loggia <sam.loggia at csa.ca <mailto:sam.loggia at csa.ca>>, David 
> Briere <David.Briere at csa.ca <mailto:David.Briere at csa.ca>>, Loretta 
> Wegman <loretta.wegman at csa.ca <mailto:loretta.wegman at csa.ca>>, Aliya 
> Ramji <Aliya.Ramji at csagroup.org <mailto:Aliya.Ramji at csagroup.org>>
>
>
> Dear CSA ITCommittee Members:
>
> Over the last few months CSA has beencommunicating with youregarding 
> 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) copyrightedmaterials 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 willappreciate that in our efforts to legally protect our 
> copyright, we alsoneed 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 <tel:416-747-2567>
>
>
>
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