Evidence Suggests RIAA Labels Behind 'Grassroots Citizen's Group' Supporting Canadian DMCA
from the surprise-surprise dept
Well, this should come as little surprise, but as people have started to look into a so-called "grassroots citizen's group" in favor of Canada's version of the DMCA, they've realized that it appears to be an astroturf site set up by the major US record labels:The copyright lobby, almost certainly led by the Canadian Recording Industry Association, has launched a major astroturf campaign in which it hopes to enlist company employees to register their support for Bill C-32 and to criticize articles or comments that take issue with elements of the proposed legislation. The effort, which even includes paid placement of headlines on Bourque.com, is still shrouded in some secrecy. A member list, which featured many record company executives, has now disappeared from public view. Requests to identify who is behind the site have been stonewalled thus far, with both ACTRA and AFM Canada explicitly stating they are not part of the site (this is no surprise since most creator groups have been critical of C-32).I especially like how after someone noticed that all its "members" were execs at big record labels, the membership list disappeared.
The heart of the site (which requires full registration) is a daily action item page that encourages users to "make a difference, everyday." Today's list of 10 items is a mix of suggested tweets, blog comments, and newspaper article feedback. Each items includes instructions for what should be done and quick link to the target site. For example, users are asked to respond on Twitter to re-tweets of an op-ed by Dalhousie law professor Graham Reynolds. The suggested response is "As an employee in entertainment, this Bill will protect your livelihood" or "The discussion around DRMs is largely fear mongering." Other suggested twitter activity includes twittering in support of James Moore and his comment that the Chamber of Commerce represents the best interests of consumers or to start following MPs on Twitter (in the hope they will follow back and later see astroturfed tweets).
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Agreed - however, posting anon is one thing, pretending to be something you are not is quite different.
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> need to allow it for both sides
Do I need to explain to you the difference between being anonymous and falsely claiming to be something you aren't?
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Missed the point
It's like a Sun Tzu principle "attack where your opponent is strong, retreat when your opponent is stronger"
Basically, if they look like a grassroots that is promoting this to the ones in charge, it makes it seem as if people like the motion for draconian DRM
Quite frankly their "opnion" is null and void.
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http://balancedcopyrightforcanada.ca/members/mi chael/
looks like they are setting it back up today attempting for a little more discreet-ness, too bad its still crawlable.
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Who are they kidding?
We get hosed enough as it is with the blank media tax, so we're already wary of anything like this.
This is laughable, really. Raise the price of beer and smokes, you get a grassroots response; we may not be the samrtest people on the planet, but we sure as hell aren't the dumbest, either. :)
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Set up a site dedicated to getting the blank media tax repealed
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And this is yet another place where they go wrong
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Grassroots
The only people who care about this issue (other than them) almost universally despise the idea. Hell, the DMCA was only passed in the U.S. because of a combination of apathy and misinformation.
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You forgot to mention undue influence.
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"Evidence Suggests RIAA Labels Behind 'Grassroots Citizen's Group' Supporting Canadian DMCA"
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It's when ordinary citizens ban together to rise up against injustice being forced down on them by corrupt politicians acting on behalf of oppressors such as yourself.
ANS : Cyber-Pirates oppress me.
Please tell "how copyrights for Artists" oppresses you.
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"It's been so long since you've been on the side of the people, that you may have forgotten what "grass roots" means."
ANs, Not true. I am actually exploring running for NY state assembly from my district ( unofficial announcement-- meaning i do not have to file --yet -- with the NYC "campaign finance board"
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[p,s, -- in 1990 is did "run" for NYC City Council, but withdrew , because my employer at the time - GreenPeace USA --expanded my portfolio , and i was NOT allowed to do both.]
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Re: It's when ordinary citizens ban together to rise up against injustice being forced down on them by corrupt politicians acting on behalf of oppressors such as yourself.
Okay, I'll bite. How do they oppress you?
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Stop me if you've heard this before, but I have a sneaking suspicion it has something to do with... rape.
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You're talking about Islamic justice, where you want a hand (or mouse clicking finger) for every kid that wants to read a book he doesn't have access to... Copyright law, as it stands is quite draconian (what else do you get caught "stealing" and pay 150k times commercial value for???). What you want is even *harsher* penalties to punish/harm/exact revenge on those who have done nothing to you (in reality). Please help me rationalize this, I hate only grasping one side of the argument. I cant think of anyone more suited to do this than you, as it seems you have spent quite some time rationalizing it yourself, i.e. (those 3rd world kids have enslaved Garth Brooks) or whatever non-sense you had to poison your own mind with in order to sleep at night. Just for reference, if you have to further corrupt government officials to get what you want, it's usually against the interest of the people, that's a decent moral guideline.
P.S. I own a software company, so yes I have a vested interest in copyright law.
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Copyright law, as it stands is quite draconian (what else do you get caught "stealing" and pay 150k times commercial value for???)
society holds pirates is very high disregard
the death penalty would be too extreme.*
however the courts do not see the current fines for piracy as "cruel and unusual" punishment.
* remember in many countries writers and musicians are often considered enemies of the state , and imprisoned tortured and killed --- but yet they still go on making art.
are you pirates willing to die for your "right" to download?
artists will die for art.
you pirate coward wimps.
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Balance - You must be kidding
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Not one mention of the RIAA in the "evidence"
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