As mentioned last week, Industry Minister Jim Prentice spoke at the U of C on Friday, February 8, 2008. He didn't end up speaking about copyright, though the audience sure did. His topic was on policy making around greenhouse gas reductions, but 5 of the 8 questions asked were about copyright law. He seemed to take them in stride, though got a little curt at the end. I was going to ask one too, but by then thought it'd be getting close to harassment...
Here's the entire talk (51:00) with my comments inserted along the way. I highlighted words he said that I wanted to apply to his work on the copyright bill; words he told his soon-to-be-lawyers audience, like integrity and consultation, but which don't seem to apply to the topic of copyright reform. If you watch the whole thing, or skip to the comments towards the end, the reason for the title of this post will be apparent.
Somehow when I encoded this video to flv I flipped it, which is why what you see here is reverse of the pix below.
I recorded this with my Macbook and a USB headset mic attached - had to really pump up the volume on the edit, which went through quite a process. As you may know, the Macbook camera only points towards the keyboard, so I used a Huckleberry mirror from Mungai Mirrors to shoot towards the front. Unfortunately, the Macbook model really doesn't work very well - pointing pretty high up. Fortunately, the box in which the mirror is stored is just the right size for propping up the laptop and getting the right angle :-) Makes typing a little tough, but at least I got the recording. (looks like the model for the Macbook Pro is much better, IMHO)
Michael Geist (who wasn't actually there) has some thoughts on the Q&A period as well...
