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THE ISSUE 01 THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG STUDENTS’ WEEKLY 2005/09/01 VOLUME 60 » INSIDE 02 News 07 Comments 09 Humour 10 Features uniter.ca 11 Arts & Culture » 16 Listings 21 Sports ON THE WEB [email protected] » E-MAIL Desig VOL. 60 ISSUE 01 ISSUE 60 VOL. D SEPTEMBER 2005 01, UPTOWN 04 PRIME TIMES SOLD TO FREEPRESS NEWSPAPER STUDENT DEBT 10 BREAKING DOWN THE COSTS LIFE ON THE ROAD 11 PART ONE: WESTBOUND THE NEW NHL 21 WHAT’S THE DEAL THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG STUDENTS’ WEEKLY WEEKLY STUDENTS’ WINNIPEG OF UNIVERSITY THE ♼ September 01, 2005 1ST 02 VOL.60 ISS.01 CONTACT: [email protected] September 2005 News Editor: Vivian Belik Senior Editor: Leighton Klassen News Editor: Derek Leschasin UNITER STAFF UNITER NEWS E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Managing Editor » Jo Snyder 01 [email protected] MANAGING EDITOR » James D. 02 Patterson [email protected] NEWS EDITOR » Vivian Belik 03 [email protected] NEWS PRODUCTION EDITOR » 04 Derek Leschasin [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR » Leighton Klassen 05 [email protected] BEAT REPORTER » Whitney Light 06 [email protected] BEAT REPORTER » Alan MacKenzie 07 [email protected] FEATURES EDITOR » Lori Ebbitt 08 [email protected] Policy Talks, ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR » Jo Snyder 09 [email protected] Rock’n Roll SPORTS EDITOR » Mike Pyl 10 [email protected] Fuse At COMMENTS EDITOR » Daniel Blaikie 11 [email protected] HUMOUR EDITOR » Matt Cohen Opencity 12 [email protected] PHOTO EDITOR » Wade Andrew photo@ 13 uniter.ca LISTINGS COORDINATOR » Nick Photo by: Wade Andrew 14 Weigeldt [email protected] COPY & STYLE EDITOR » Melody 15 Rogan [email protected] “Today’s culture is essentially disappearing because of copyright laws and DISTRIBUTION MANAGER » limitation of access” – Russell McOrmand PRODUCTION MANAGER & 16 GRAPHICS EDITOR » David C. Tan Lougheed, a founder of the festival and At a “town hall” meeting at the West [email protected] user of Linux free software, “means (artists) End Cultural Centre on the evening of Aug. having a say that’s equal to the extent to 17, keynote speaker Russell McOrmand ADVERTISING MANAGER Whitney Light which they’re affected by the decisions” educated the audience about the consequences » Ted Turner 17 [email protected] made with respect to their creative work. of tough copyright laws already passed in 786-9779 reative minds gathered How to assign rights to creators and users in the European Union Copyright Directive an age when published formats are no longer and in the 1998 US Digital Millenium THIS WEEKS CONTRIBUTORS in downtown Winnipeg as simple as a book or framed photograph is Copyright Act. Artists and free software a point on which government and OpenCity users who have used the works of others for over Aug. 17-20 to join participants disagree. new creative purposes, such as parody or • Andrew Lodge • Andrew Clark • Ben C Instead of the traditional “all rights software development, have found themselves Snakepit • Dave Streit • Kenton Smith • in a celebration of “participatory reserved model”, OpenCity is moving the in trouble with the law. The problem, Rhys Kelso • Kalen Qually discussion to a new model of copyright according to those involved, is the laws are culture”. A unique festival in that places less restrictive rules on access designed to favour established artists and to published creative works. Lougheed profi t-seeking companies over the promotion Canada, the second annual argues that, “copyright is a tool used by big of creativity. The Uniter is the offi cial student newspaper of the University corporations to make sure only people with McOrmand stresses, “We should be of Winnipeg and is published by the University of Winnipeg OpenCity Freedom Fest brought money can go past its barriers.” preserving for the future, not protecting for Students’ Association. The Uniter is editorially autonomous and the opinions expressed within do not necessarily refl ect For those in the know, alternatives the present. Today’s culture is essentially those of the UWSA. The Uniter is a member of the Canadian University Press and Campus Plus Media Services. together academics, activists, and already exist. One example is the Creative disappearing because of copyright laws and Commons copyright license. Founded in limitation of access.” SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES, LETTERS, PHOTOS AND GRAPHICS ARE WELCOME Articles should be submitted artists of all sorts who believe that 2001, the Creative Commons license offers Of immediate concern to Canadians is in text or Microsoft Word format to uniter@uwinnipeg. ca. Deadline for submissions is noon Friday (contact artists “some rights reserved” and some Bill C-60, which contains proposed changes the section’s editor for more information). Deadline for art is not created in a vacuum, granted to the user. The agreement is to Canadian copyright legislation that will advertisements is noon Friday, six days prior to publication. The Uniter reserves the right to refuse to print submitted particularly applicable to creative works see Canada fall in line with the policies material. The Uniter will not print submissions that are homophobic, misogynistic, racist or libelous. We also and culture is the result of input distributed over the internet. In some cases, of the EU and the US. According to the reserve the right to edit for length or style. the artist may even wish to dedicate their Canadian Heritage website, the changes by both artists and audiences. work to the public domain, giving users will “implement the provisions of the World CONTACT US » greater access to use, change, and develop Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) General Inquiries: 204.786.9790 the material. It is a disastrous proposition treaties, clarify the liability of internet Advertising: 204.786.9779 Editors: 204.786.9497 The event was organized by chairman for profi t-seeking publishers, but an optimal service providers (ISPs), facilitate technology Fax: 204.783.7080 Syd Weidman and a volunteer group of choice for emerging artists who want to enhanced learning and interlibrary loans, Email: [email protected] social activists, artists, and free software promote their work widely at a minimal and allow photographers to be considered as LOCATION » users in an effort to open eyes and ears to the expense. the authors of their works.” Though these Room ORM14 future of culture and its distribution in the As of yet, however, few Winnipeg artists University of Winnipeg proposals sound non-threatening, a quick 515 Portage Avenue wake of the internet, fi le-sharing, and other are using the Creative Commons license. search on Google pulls up multiple protest Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 advanced digital technology. One of the goals of OpenCity, says sites seeking to “Kill Bill C-60”. Events included workshop lectures Lougheed, is to get local artists on board Another goal of OpenCity 2005 was and discussions, an art exhibition at The with alternative copyright solutions. In to gain signatures for a petition against the Pool Room of the ArtSpace building, and conjunction with the festival, “we released bill. Forms were available for the Petition for COVER IMAGE a number of free performances by local a CD with non-local bands using a Creative Users’ Rights, which McOrmand explained musicians and poets. Commons license. We hope to change that was set up in Apr. 2004 to appeal to a broad ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID TAN A key focus of this year’s event was the for next year,” he admits. Among local Canadian audience and engage average CONTACT: [email protected] issue of copyright laws and fi nding alternative artists, Lougheed says, “many have personal citizens in the copyright debate. It has so solutions to protecting creative works. stories about how copyright has been diffi cult far garnered enough signatures to be tabled “Participatory culture,” says Jason to deal with.” in Parliament. 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