Creative Commons Canada

[Evan Prodromou <evan AT bad.dynu.ca>]

Hi. I'm not Canadian, but I've lived in Montreal for a few years, so I act like I own the place.

Anyways, my question concerns the CBC/Radio Canada family of fine media products. As I understand it, CBC/Radio Canada is a crown corporation that operates with the funding and the blessing of the federal government. This funding helps CBC/Radio Canada concentrate on high-quality cultural and informational media -- to the benefit of all Canadians.

My question is: would Canadians also benefit from Creative Commons or CC-like licenses on CBC/Radio Canada copyrighted material? Current broadcasts? Archived broadcasts and other archived material (cf. the BBC Creative Archive http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/ )?

If so, is there an organization that advocates this point to CBC/Radio Canada and/or the federal government?

If not, should there be?

~Evan Prodromou, interloper and troublemaker

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Evan Prodromou
evan AT bad.dynu.ca

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