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Hi Cristen,
Great work so far. The background section in particular is very interesting. I'd be interested in reading more about the Statute of Anne. You might also want to discuss the differences in copyright law in the US and Canada ( I seem to recall a brief discussion of that in LIBR 501).
Hi Kathryn, thank you for the suggestions! Do you think that I should include a section on the background and the Statue of Anne to provide more context? I had considered doing that initially, but I was worried it would take things off course. (I like the Long Title for the Statute of Anne. It pretty much sums things up: "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by Vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned.")
I was thinking about focusing more specifically on Canada, in order to give the page more focus. Do you think it would be better to round out the topic by discussing both the U.S. and Canada and possibly drawing some comparisons?
Hi, Cristen
For what it's worth, while I am always interested in the historical background of how we've come to our current place and time, Canadian copyright is a large enough topic for the purposes of this wiki, so I don't think you need to get into the Statue of Anne and historical copyright precedents...my two cents!