This paper examines the Canadian public consultations on copyright reform that took place in the summer of 2001: who participated in the public consultations, how new copyright communities used the Internet to organize, and how they represented themselves in the public consultations. Who is "the...

The Royal Commission on Copyright, which reported in 1878, had the formidable task of scrutinizing the copyright regime from fundamental principles to minor details — on an international scale as well as on a domestic. The resulting Report and Minutes informed copyright debates in their time...

US copyright law deserves credit for encouraging an outpouring of original expressive works, bequeathing us a rich cultural heritage. But the copyright regime has grown too big and too powerful. We need to pursue a new direction in copyright reform: toward freedom. We can best improve copyright...