March 09, 2005
Changes to the Copyright Act
The Truth About Copyright Revision
Here is a response from The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) to a report on changes to the Copyright Act released last year. These changes have been discussed for some time and people and organization involved with information management and information technology have some real concerns. Recently IT security companies have made public their response.
The proposed changes will bring Canada's approach closer to the US approach which appears to favour copyright holders over users. As both a content provider and a content user I appreciate the need for a balanced approach, and from reviewing the responses to the US legislation Digital Millenium Copyright Act it looks like these changes would drastically disrupt this balance.
Posted by Tim Wayne at
10:55 AM
November 24, 2004
W3C's 10th Anniversary
In 1994, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was created to "Lead the Web to Its Full Potential." In 2004 the W3C celebrates its tenth anniversary and to mark the milestone the Consortium is organizing a one-day symposium. Taking place on December 1, 2004 for Members and invited guests, the symposium offers an opportunity to reflect on the progress of the Web, W3C's central role in its growth, and risks and opportunities facing the Web during W3C's second decade.
For more information see:
http://www.w3.org/2004/09/W3C10.html
Posted by David Jakob at
11:34 AM
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group of the W3 Consortium has released an updated "Working Draft for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0". The primary aim of the WCAG is to provide guidance and resources to the Internet community to explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities and to define target levels of accessibility.
From the W3C site:
"This draft focuses on guidelines, attempts to apply guidelines to a wider range of technologies, and uses wording that may be understood by a more varied audience. Following WCAG checkpoints makes Web content accessible to people with disabilities and to users of a variety of Web-enabled devices."
For full text of the draft, see:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-WCAG20-20041119/
In addition, the WCAG Working Group released a First Public Working Draft of Client-side Scripting Techniques for WCAG 2.0 (http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-WCAG20-SCRIPT-TECHS-20041119/) and three updated Working Drafts:
The drafts give guidance on using HTML, XHTML, ECMAScript and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to create accessible content.
Posted by David Jakob at
11:20 AM
