This is not under the juristiction of The Conservative Party – this is the Speaker of the House of Common’s responsibility. Michael Geist:
CPAC broadcasts hours of Parliamentary hearings each week, yet unlike C-Span, it does not assert copyright over the broadcasts. Instead, the broadcaster maintains that copyright in the House of Commons Proceedings rests with the Speaker of the House, while the Senate of Canada owns the copyright in the Senate Proceedings.
The Speaker of the House grants permission to use recordings in schools and for fair dealing purposes (private study, research, criticism, and news reporting). Moreover, broadcasters licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission are permitted to use excerpts of proceedings in their news reports. Any other usage – including parody or reposting of content by bloggers, webcasters and non-CRTC licensed entities – requires the “express prior written approval of the Speaker of the House of Commons.”
The Senate has similar rules for using its footage. Fair dealing can be used justify certain limited uses without permission, however the Senate adopts the position that it owns the copyright in all its audio and video. It receives occasional requests from the public to reproduce proceedings that are reviewed on a “case by case basis.”
…the House of Commons (presumably acting on behalf of the Speaker) sent a notice and takedown notification to YouTube, asking it to remove a parody video of a Parliamentary committee hearing appearance by CBC President Robert Rabinovitch.
…Without a change to the rules, takedown notices involving political speech are likely to become more common in Canada.
Original info at The Tea Makers
