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Reply Comments Received Regarding the Submissions on Consultation Papers

The deadlines for submissions and reply comments for both consultation papers have now passed. The response from Canadians was significant, with over 700 documents submitted to the consultation process. All documents, including more than 50 reply comments, have now been posted on-line. The Departments of Canadian Heritage and Industry thank all contributors for their participation in this process.

The reply comments received have been posted in the official language in which they were submitted. The content of reply comments has been posted as received by the departments, however minor reformatting may have occurred during HTML conversion.

The name of the person or oganization making the comment has been listed alphabetically below. Please scroll to the bottow of the page for a list of organization acronyms.


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Links to reply comments (html format) received from: Regarding the following submission(s):
Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec (APFTQ) ARRQ, CCTA/ACTC, CAIP, ACR, Union des artistes and Forum sur le droit d'auteur
Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec (ARRQ) APFTQ
Association littéraire artistique internationale (ALAI) General
Atherton, Tim General
Bell Canada et al CRIA, CANCOPY, SOCAN, AOL-TW, SOCAN, PIAC, CCTA/ACTC, TELUS and CBC.
Brand, Chris Dennis Grant, Robert MacDonald and Adam Shostack
Brand, Chris Right Market,CAIS, TransGaming, CMPDA, CANCOPY, CRIA, CAUT, ACTRA, Canadian Copyright Institute, AOL-TW, DGC
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) EFC and PIAC
Bruner, Chris IBM and every large corporation that submitted a comment. George Ashley, and Chistian Charette.
Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) ACTRA, DGC, CRIA, SOCAN, CCTA/ACTC, and Bell Canada et al.
Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP) CAB/ACR, CBC, CCTA/ACTC, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, CANCOPY, CLA, CMPDA, CRIA, SGC/DRCC, ITAC, PIAC, SOCAN and SODRAC, CAIP, Bell Canada et al, IBM and TELUS.
Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) All organizations, Coyright Forum, AOL Time Warner, CMPDA and the CRIA, Witers Guild of Canada, Chris Friesen (July 24), Graydon Hoare (July 29)and Paul Pival (August 22).
Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA/ACTC ) MCC and JumpTV.
Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA/ACTC ) CAIP, Bell Companies, Telus, IBM, CBC, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, ITAC, Writers Union of Canada, IPIC, CANCOPY, AOL Time Warner, CAB, SOCAN, and CRIA.
Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) General
Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (CANCOPY) AUCC, Copyright Forum
Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) e-Privacy Management Systems Inc.
CMPDA AOL Time Warner, Bell Canada et al., CAIP, DGC, EFC, IPIC Technical, and IPIC Policy.
Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) CAB/ACR, CCTA/ACTC, Bell Canada et al., MCC, AOL Time Warner, CAIP, IBM, and DGC.
Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. (CANCOM) NAB
Claerhout, Lori-Ann General
Colijn, Peter General
Daviel, Andrew CAIS
Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) and Directors Rights Collectives of Canada (DRCC) MCC, JumpTV, CCTA/ACTC, LCP, PUC and TWUC
Droit d'auteur multimédia Internet Copyright (DAMIC) General
Fung, James Itrat Khan, Richard Akerman, Austin Hook, Mark J. McCutcheon
Geczy, George AOL/Time Warner
Geczy, George Submissions as a whole, CLA, CMEC, EFC, CSBA, AOL/Time Warner, IBM.
Hamilton Public Library Board General
Hyslop, Rhonda Ryan Peters
Hyslop, Rhonda CBC/src
Hyslop, Rhonda Tom A. Trottier
Hyslop, Rhonda Mike Schmidt
Hyslop, Rhonda Jeffrey Streifling
Hyslop, Rhonda CARL
Koetsier, John General
Lahnakoski, Kyle CMPDA
Lewchuk, Michael Joseph General
Marks, L Victor General
Marsden, Larry General
Media Content Coalition(MCC) Bell Canada et al., CAIP, CCTA/ACTC, DGC, IPIC, JumpTV, and NAB.
McGrath, Wm. G. CRIA, CMPDA and IPIC.
McOrmond, Russell CMPDA
Montour, Mike EFC, CAIS, CRIA.
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) MCC, JumpTVCAIP, CCTA/ACTC, DGC, and Bell et al.
National Research Council (NRC) CALL, CNA, CSBA, Canadian Publisher Council, AUCC, CARL, and CANCOPY.
Poortvliet, Jos General
Skala, Matthew DirecTV Inc. and Kyle Lahnakoski.
Skala, Matthew Eric R. Smith, and Coridon Henshaw
Skala, Matthew Bell Canada et al., TELUS, DirecTV Inc., Information Mechanics Ottawa, Inc.
Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) AUCC
Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) General
Streifling, Jeffrey CCTA/ACTC and others
Streifling, Jeffrey General
TELUS Corporation CRIA, CANCOPY, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, CCTA/ACTC, CAIP and others
VanDalf, Marcel CPDCI and the AOL/Time Warner
von Bob, David CMPDA
Warren, Mike AOL/TimeWarner
Wright, Patricia SOCAN
Young, Jason General



Acronyms Full Name
ACR Association canadienne des radiofuseurs
ACTRA Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists
AOL-TW America OnLine Time Warner
APFTQ Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du québec
ARRQ Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec
ALAI Association Littéraire artistique internationale
AUCC Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
CAB/ACR Canadian Association of Broadcasters/L'Association canadienne des radioffuseurs
CAIP Canadian Association of Internet Providers/Association canadienne des fournisseurs Internet
CAIS Canadian Association for Interoperable Systems
CANCOPY Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency
CARL Canadian Association of Reseach Libraries
CAUT Canadian Association of University Teachers
CBC/src Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société radio-Canada
CCTA/ACTC Canadian Cable Television Association/Association canadienne de télévision par câble
CIPS Canadian Information Processing Society
CLA Canadian Library Association
CMEC Council of Ministers of Education, Canada/Conseil des ministres de l'Éducation (Canada)
CMPDA Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association
CNA Canadian Newspapers Association
CRIA Canadian Recording Industry Association
CSBA Canada School Boards Association
DGC Directors Guild of Canada
EFC Electronic Frontier of Canada
(FNC-CSN) Fédération nationale de communications affiliée à la Confédération des syndicats nationaux
IPIC Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
ITAC Information Technology Association of Canada
LCP League of Canadian Poets
MCC Media Content Coalition
NAB National Association of Broadcasters
PIAC Public Interest Advocacy Centre
PUC Playwrights Union of Canada
SOCAN Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada Inc.
SODRAC Société du droit de reproduction des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs au Canada
TELUS TELUS Communication Inc.
TWUC The Writers' Union of Canada,





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Created: 2003-01-03
Updated: 2003-10-27
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