"Ottawa's copyright plans wrongheaded, experts say
Web users would have to pay levy on free material if changes become law, JACK KAPICA reports
By JACK KAPICA
Globe and Mail Update
Ottawa is about to blunder in cyberspace, lawyers and academics warn.
Last week, the standing committee on Canadian Heritage resubmitted its recommendations for updating the Copyright Act of 1998 and ratifying the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaty. Copyright lawyers say that if the changes are made into law, you will not even be able to own your own wedding pictures or save a Web page without paying for it."