My tweets from the Toronto town hall
For posterity, here’s an archive of my tweets during the Toronto copyright consultation town hall. I’ve added links to videos of speakers I comment on, as well as some corrections, in [square brackets]. Note that people are still using the #copycon hashtag on twitter, check it out for updates.
3:15p: All set for tonight’s copyright townhall. Too bad RIM broke Yatca or I’d liveblog it. Watch the webcast: http://bit.ly/17hUin
5:05p: Got my badge for #copycon. I also got lottery ticket #14 for speaking. Guess I’m a keener.
5:57p: Pretty quiet at #copycon so far, with doors opening in 20. I can see about 15 people http://mypict.me/sgh9
6:49p: Getting started! http://mypict.me/shpH
7:04p: Hon Tony Clement (industry) opens the #copycon town hall http://mypict.me/shMC [watch]
7:18p: The crowd at TO #copycon is really pro-media-levy. Lots of cheers for jazz musician who wants to extend it to ipods [Sophie Melman, watch]
7:23p: Steve Kane, president of Warner Music Canada: “Looking for the ability for artists to make choices” #copycon http://mypict.me/sibB [watch]
7:40p: Holy cow just went. Very nervous, totally unprepared. Heart still going 150 bpm. Got through my talking points. #copycon
7:45p: Warner rep: “a lot of artists are afraid to speak up for themselves”. Has he met any artists? #copycon
7:48p: Wow, I was wrong about notice-and-notice being accepted. IP lawyer is pro notice-and-takedown! #copycon
8:07p: This guy is great! Three great non-industry minutes! Make me wish I prepared better. #copycon
8:12p: Think the industry reps are at least going to earn themselves big bonuses for showing up en mass? Bonuses are good for the economy!
8:23p: Mickey mouse perpetual copyright just mentioned. Nobody has pushed for term extensions yet, which is nice. #copycon
8:26p: Pres ACTA:”Thrilled by opportunities.. also need to make a living.. Canada needs to implement WIPO.. expand private copying regime” #copycon [note that that should have been ACTRA]
8:28p: quote I wanted to close with: “Instead of bolstering ‘intellectual property,’ we should be forging ‘intellectual policy’” #copycon [from Copyrights and Copywrongs]
8:34p: Bill Freeman, chair of Creators’ Copyright Coalition: “fair dealing will be a disaster” #copycon
8:39p: “Don’t do anything the Americans are doing.” Best close so far. #copycon [Daniel, watch]
8:45p: Great job @balleyne! Excellent speech and you’re first to address the “right to get paid” and talk about the roots/origins/purpose. #copycon [watch]
8:54p: WOW worst characterization of the voices here ever. His analysis: four camps; “artists”, “pirates”, “exception-ists”, “do nothings” #copycon
8:55p: Notice that the pro-WIPO/big copyright industry has relabeled itself as “pro-reform” and relabeled the opposition as “anti-reform”? #copycon
9:02p: Tony Clement closes with the claim that we need to implement WIPO without establishing why or what the rush is. #copycon
12:50a: http://img.ly/37x This is what the #copycon next 3 speaker screens looked like (@russellmcormond)