CMST 3II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, Copyleft
24 Mar 2018
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A lot of business models were based on the publishing and selling of cheap foreign prints. Without this money, canadian publishers shouldn"t afford to publish local authors. So, british and american publishers soon dominated the canadian market. We don"t only get countries getting very different positions, but we"re getting agreements being made without public input. Tripps = trade related aspects of international copyright - 1994. Problems with treaties and trade agreements: non-government organizations and secret handshake deals. Canada today: cptpp, nafta bell coalition website blocking plan. Is too european placing the rights of authors above the public interest. Reflects the interests of nations that export a lot of ip. Ryan reynolds, ryan gosling both leave canada. Canadian film was used for promoting canadian industries exports: making films that promote trade, maple syrup, textiles. Based on the staple or dependency thesis. Canadian economy is based on the extraction. Canadian theaters could focus on exhibiting american films.
