Media Advisory - Canadian Federation of Students Available for Comment on
Copyright Bill's Impact on Post-secondary Education and Research

OTTAWA, June 2 /CNW Telbec/ - Canadian Federation of Students' representatives will be available for comment immediately following the tabling of a bill to amend the Copyright Act later today.

Copyright is of particular importance to students, who both use and create copyrighted materials on a day-to-day basis. The Canadian Federation of Students has advocated for a balanced approach to copyright reform that rejects the "Made in the USA" approach taken by the government during its last attempt at copyright reform in June 2008 (Bill C-61).

The Federation has called for any reforms to the Copyright Act to include:

    
        -  an expanded and flexible definition of fair dealing;
        -  careful regulation of technological protection measures;
        -  strict limits on statutory damages;
        -  the elimination of Crown copyright.
    

The Canadian Federation of Students submission to the copyright consultations is available for download at www.cfs-fcee.ca/copyright.

Founded in 1981, the Canadian Federation of Students is Canada's largest student organisation, uniting more that one-half million students in all ten provinces. Students in Canada have been represented by the Canadian Federation of Students and its predecessor organisations since 1927.

For further information: or to arrange an interview, please contact: Ben Lewis, Communication Officer, [phone]; Dave Molenhuis, National Chairperson, [phone]