Submission + - Howard Knopf uninvited from Can. copyright poforum (michaelgeist.ca)
earthforce_1 writes: "The vested interests of restrictive copyright are stacking the deck in Canada. The Public Policy Forum Symposium on intellectual property reform has bowed to pressure from certain interests and dis-invited noted copyright scholar Howard Knopf. The public policy forum's stated mandate: http://www.ppforum.ca/en/aboutus/ ".. is to strive for excellence in government — to serve as a neutral, independent forum for open dialogue on public policy, and to encourage reform in public sector management." Yet the forum has been completely stacked by those advocating restrictive copyright laws. For some reason, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, and former head of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry Association have been invited — apparently they are perceived to have a more neutral view of what Canadian copyright laws should be?
More information available here. http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/ Boing-Boing http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/26/copyright-crazies-ga.html and Micael Geist http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2872/196/ have both picked up the story on their blog:"
