Globe asks: When did copyright become sexy?
Ivor Tossell of the Globe and Mail asks this question while providing a very good summary of the recent copyright conflict in Canada.
I’d offer that digital rights have been important for sometime but the maturation of social news and the web have enabled and empowered all sorts of people.
A sense of democratic worth and social contribution is being energized among people in Canada. This has been a good lesson for legislators who tend to consult the corporate stakeholders without consulting the stakeholders they’re assumed to represent. That tactic is going to work less and less moving forward.
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