Canada Plans To Re-Introduce Bad Copyright Plan, With Damaging Digital Locks Provisions, With No Additional Consultation
from the try-try-again dept
The US entertainment industry is nothing if not persistent in trying to pressure foreign countries into implementing ever more draconian copyright law. And in Canada, it appears that the US firms have a willing partner in the form of Heritage Minister James Moore, who has announced that, despite massive and widespread criticism of last year's (US-driven) attempt at putting in place bad changes to copyright law, the current government plans to introduce the exact same bill with no changes and no further consultation.Mr. Moore told The Canadian Press in an interview that the Conservative government will re-introduce its copyright bill this fall, in exactly the same form as legislation that died with the last Parliament.I guess that's what you would think when you brush off widespread and sustained criticism as merely being from "radical extremists."
The measures will go back to a legislative committee for study, and Mr. Moore said groups who testified before MPs won't be asked back to comment again.
“We've taken a couple runs at it before in minority Parliaments, but we think that we have a very good formula with the old Bill C-32 and when we come forward with our legislative agenda this fall we want to pick up where we left off, which is to continue the study of the legislation,” Mr. Moore said.
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But really, the other party would have done the same thing and the why is simple, every politician today is aligned with the financial interests of special groups, that hand over the laws already drafted to whomever is in power and promises them comfy jobs when they leave office.
So unless the people get organized and really, really start to draft their own laws and just elect anyone to just pass those laws the people have no voice inside any government.
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No Further Consultation
Now, less than a year later, the majority Conservative Government intends on passing it regardless of public desire. This government has shown itself to believe that it may do whatever it desires in the next four years because it won an election with less than half of the popular vote.
The only matter now holding the show up is a pending Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding fair dealing pertaining to education. In the best case, this may require some very minor changes to the bill.
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That's not the issue. What you're seeing countless times is the fact that the US lobbying industry is bullying other countries into accepting US "exports" by raising this "tariff".
Brazil, Sweden, India, New Zealand, the UK, and even Europe are being bullied by the US government to accept bad laws that make the US money and leave everyone else worse off.
The problem has been a persistant view into doing whatever the US policy makers want.
It's high time that this policy changes to better society instead of a few gatekeepers.
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It's only the CPC that wants to pass it, and, thanks to wikileaks cables, we now know they were the ones that asked the US to bully them so that we could get some support here behind passing this bill, (and others).
Yes, you heard right, the CPC asked the US to put Canada on the 301 so that the people would back the CPC in making this decision, (and others). And we still haven't backed them.
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I'm not familiar with Canadian laws so what the hell do they gain in pushing this?
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I either have to accept that the CPC is wilfully harming the Canadian populace, presumably for their own bribes, or that they are stupid enough to think this could help our economy.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the Chamber of Commerce wasn't involved, since they have a reputation for these type of shenanigans.
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In the US the Obama/Biden love affair with the copyright industry could make them very vulnerable. There are elements of the (relatively) sane wing of the Republican Party who are ready to make it an issue if the distraction of tea party crazies can be overcome.
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Teatard-freetard alliance?!
(Expressing no opinion - just like the sound...)
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Really? Who? Wyden is a Dem as is Zoe Lofgren. Those are the only ones I've heard anything from.
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It might not pass as quickly as we think ... I'm sure that there is going to be considerable opposition (from publishers) to aspects of this bill (primarily the inclusion of "education" under the Fair Dealing exception).
More food for thought: http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2011/09/supreme-speculation.html
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"The digital lock provisions are by far the biggest flaw in the bill, rules that some will argue renders it beyond repair."
I'm one such person.
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If the company tried to protect their content in anyway, their copyright rights trump yours in every way.
Which means, that if the product was protected, there are no fair dealing provisions for anyone.
No back-up CDs, no downloading movies, nothing that's legal currently would be legal if the CD or movie was protected in any way, no matter how crappy.
To me, what this boils down to is : All the big content companies will have a stronger copyright, because they can afford to 'protect' their goods, and sue anyone who breaks the protection.
From independent artists, or just about everyone on the web, big content companies will be able to take & steal even more freely than before, under 'fair dealing', even while their own works, because they're protected in an idiotic way, are immune to 'fair' dealing.
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The current copyright act is really out of touch with the new digital environment - I think that the new bill would be a great improvement, particularly if the digital locks provision was softened a bit. Regardless, it is better than the "Canadian DMCA" bill that everyone was up in arms about a few years ago.
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If it were softened, I dunno . . . It just doesn't make sense.
Let's make breaking locks illegal, yeah, that should ensure no one breaks locks . . .
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PROTECTED.TXT
This product (movie, music, software, book, song, etc) is herby protected with our patented pending TRM (Textual Rights Management). By possessing this product (which contains this text file) you agree that our TRM overrules and overrides any rights you may have thought you had in the product you purchased from us. By the way, based on our TRM, we didn't actually 'sell' you the product, we only 'licensed' you the ability to use our product as long as we see fit, we may revoke this right at any time and you agree to forfeit all rights.
And there you go, small companies works are now 'protected' and they can sue just like the big boys.... because isn't that what we all want after all, to be able to just take money from other people when we think we deserve it....
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They are spending money left and right will little or no oversight. Harper has made it clear is and his government are up for sale to the highest bidder, public citizens need not attempt anything. It is a government of Harper know best (as determined by the highest briber), even if goes against any and all proven scientific doctrine.
I do not know how he got a majority government as I do not know a single person who will admit voting for their party.
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I have always wondered if a constitution challenge would work against copyright. Any one with a Christian, Judaic, or Islamic background has religions grounds to share their possessions. Anything that infringes on my ability to share my goods is an infringement of my religious rights and interferes with my religious practises.
That will be my argument anyway.
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CANADA
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FUCK OFF AND DIE !!!
Come on over and lick my dog's ass clean you fuckin vultures.
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FUCK OFF AND DIE !!!
Come on over and lick my dog's ass clean you fuckin vultures.
Hahahahahahaha....another reasoned response from one of the faithful Techdirtbags.
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Will this pass
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Will this pass
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