Translation of "Logiciel de modèles numériques de terrain " (French → English) :

A. whereas digital technology is a part of everyday life, the information and communication technology (ICT) industry plays a major role in providing platforms, devices, software, information services, communication, entertainment, and cultural goods, the boundary between goods and services is becoming blurred, various forms of ICT are converging, methods of purchase are diversifying and consumers are increasingly generating content for or adding value to products; whereas, moreover, in this complex new structure, it is increasingly difficult to identify who is providing a particular part of a service and to understand the impact of sp ...[+++]ecific technology and new business models,

1. Considers that digital technology is a part of everyday life: the ICT industry plays a major role in providing platforms, devices, software, information services, communication, entertainment, and cultural goods, the boundary between goods and services is becoming blurred, various forms of ICT are converging, methods of purchase are diversifying and consumers are increasingly generating content for or adding value to products; observes that, in this complex new structure, it is increasingly difficult to identify who is providing a particular part of a service and to understand the impact of specific technology and new ...[+++] business models;

A. Whereas digital technology is a part of everyday life, the ICT industry plays a major role in providing platforms, devices, software, information services, communication, entertainment, and cultural goods, the boundary between goods and services is becoming blurred, various forms of ICT are converging, methods of purchase are diversifying and consumers are increasingly generating content for or adding value to products; whereas, moreover, in this complex new structure, it is increasingly difficult to identify who is providing a particular part of a service and to understand the impact of specific technology and new ...[+++] business models;

A. whereas digital technology is a part of everyday life, the information and communication technology (ICT) industry plays a major role in providing platforms, devices, software, information services, communication, entertainment, and cultural goods, the boundary between goods and services is becoming blurred, various forms of ICT are converging, methods of purchase are diversifying and consumers are increasingly generating content for or adding value to products; whereas, moreover, in this complex new structure, it is increasingly difficult to identify who is providing a particular part of a service and to understand the impact of sp ...[+++]ecific technology and new business models,

"Digital computers", related equipment or "software", when essential for the operation and support of telecommunications equipment described in this Category, are regarded as specially designed components, provided they are the standard models customarily supplied by the manufacturer.

Thirdly, because it weakens the industry by interfering with the sources of revenue, those from the collectives as well as the revenue generated by normal marketing activities, by jeopardizing 40 years of efforts to develop a truly Canadian industry, by jeopardizing the $25 million in investments made by francophone book publishers in digital books, and by forcing protection through numerical locks which may be well-adapted to the film and software industry, but are not in keeping with the practices and business models of the book publishing world, and, finally, by compromising publishers' capacity to quickly move to design and produce a ...[+++] diversified range of educational materials for the digital classes of tomorrow.