Canadian DMCA: arriving today?
p2pnet news | Politics:- What’s being called Canadian industry minister Jim Prentice’s DMCA will be presented to parliament today.
“According to sources, it took pressure from Washington to put copyright reform legislation back on track in Canada,” says music journalist and broadcaster Larry LeBlanc.
However, tens of thousands of Canadians don’t see it that way.
Says Ottawa law professor Michael Geist, at the forefront of efforts to stop Prentice from caving in to entertainment cartel demands, “it would appear that he has decided that no further consultation with Canadians is needed.
He has instead bowed to pressure from the U.S. and copyright lobby groups. As I argued yesterday, this is a missed opportunity. Rather than showing leadership by working for a Canadian-made solution, Prentice chosen a path that is likely to divide and lead to much protest from the tens of thousands of people who have made their views known over the past ten days.”
Says Le Blanc:
“A source indicates that only an artificial amendment was made before the decision was made to introduce the bill in Parliament.
In an update yesterday, “Further confirmation from multiple sources,” adds Geist.
“Pressure from Washington and concern over the news coverage of the past two days, widely viewed as embarrassing to … Prentice, are viewed the primary reasons for the change of heart.”
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UPDATE – 8:24 am Pacific
It seems the Canadian DMCA won’t be arriving this year after all. Click here for more.
Also See:
Michael Geist – Canadian DMCA To Be Introduced Tomorrow Morning?, December 13, 2007
don’t see it that way – Prentice puts the brakes on Canada DMCA, December 13, 2007
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