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Canadian Heritage committee It looks very scary. When I was on the board there, which I think was from 2003 to 2009, for six years I served as a creative representative on the board. Access Copyright was thriving. It was wonderful. There was so much support in the industry, and there seemed to be consensus
November 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Doreen Pendgracs
Canadian Heritage committee I think from the writers' perspective, our work is being stolen all the time. It's being pirated and reused, because with the Internet, people can reuse your stuff now and repurpose it. Sometimes writers get charged with plagiarism against their own work because it's reused somew
November 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Doreen Pendgracs
Canadian Heritage committee It's very difficult for individual authors to police where their work is being used. I also wanted to respond about the cost that goes to the writer and what the writer is supposed to contribute. This is on the other topic you asked one of the panellists about. When I did my
November 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Doreen Pendgracs
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you. My name is Doreen Pendgracs. I'm from Manitoba, and I am the national vice-president of PWAC. We really appreciate the opportunity to participate in the discussion. I sat in on the hour that preceded us and was happy to see The Writers' Union of Canada participatin
November 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Doreen Pendgracs