Captain Copyright is a propaganda cartoon character created by Canada, a Canadian agency, to educate children about copyright and copyright infringement . On August 18, 2006, due to criticism for the one-sided presentation of the material, the project was curtailed [1] [2] .
Criticism
Soon after the launch of the site, Internet users had a number of questions. Many felt that the character was not suitable for educational purposes, in part because it was created by an organization with a commercial interest in copyright in Canada.
Captain Copyright’s webpage used two Wikipedia quotes about ISBN , but did not follow the GNU FDL license requirements without providing a link to the source article, ignoring the license [3] . Later, other quotes from Wikipedia were found, however, as of June 5, 2006, all of them were deleted [2] , and Susanna Dugard, a specialist at Acces Copyright's communications department, said in an interview with Canada.com that the inclusion of these quotes was a “mere oversight” [4] .
It was also noted that the site avoids the question of the right to remuneration for the free reproduction of phonograms and audiovisual works for personal use in Canada by discussing the legality of and downloading copyrighted materials without permission [5] . While it is illegal to make such material available for download, as of 2006, the Canadian Copyright Council stated that such a download was not illegal [6] . For example, a teacher who distributes teaching material to students claims that for music “copyright refers to recording on a medium, and not to words or musical accompaniment” [7] .
Parodies
The one-sided approach to copyright promoted by Captain Copyright was ridiculed and parodied. For example, The Continuing Adventures of Private Infringe became a fanfiction blog where any action of the main character was prevented by Captain Copyright [8] . also published a parody in which Captain Copyright fights Creative Commons [9] .
Notes
- ↑ Captain Copyright shot down . p2net (2006). Archived on May 26, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Skala, Matthew. Access Copyright exploits children, forbids criticism . Ansuz. Date of appeal April 25, 2016.
- ↑ Doctorow, Corey . Captain Copyright: Wikipedia pirate! (eng.) . Boing Boing (June 2, 2006). Archived May 11, 2011.
- ↑ The strange saga of Captain Copyright . Canada.com (June 9, 2006). Date of treatment April 25, 2016. Archived August 17, 2011.
- ↑ Zonk. Captain Copyright Targets Kids . Slashdot (June 2, 2006). Date of appeal April 25, 2016.
- ↑ Orlowski, Andrew. Canada OKs P2P music downloads The Register (December 13, 2003). Date of appeal April 25, 2016.
- ↑ Line Master X: Copyright and What It's For . Access Copyright. Archived August 13, 2006.
- ↑ The Continuing Adventures of Private Infringer . Blogspot (2006). Date of appeal April 25, 2016.
- ↑ Episode 12: Sharing is Evil . Google Blogoscoped (2009). Date of appeal April 25, 2016.
Links
- Captain Copyright Website on Internet Archive
- Boing Boing on Captain Copyright
- Official Access website