Comments on: Canadian copyright bill: our very own DMCA?

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:58:25 +0000

“In the US and in order to get ride of all the parasites infecting our governement we need to dismiss the congress and reorganize new election incumbant not to apply. We need also to purge the entire governenement bureaucracy evaluate the background of all the high ranking executives and fire all the suspicious one. Then we will have our country back. The US constitution alow us to do that.”

Maybe so, but the current government has the power and they’d never allow that to happen without an all-out revolution.

By: Thinker

Thinker — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:41:15 +0000

I wonder, if a Canadian user of SAVE AS copies a news article from India about a cancer cure and gives it to a frien with cancer and the friend copies it to his doctor, who in turn makes various copies to before a meeting with the oncology staff at the hospital… are the original copier, his friend the cancer patient and the doctor all guilty of infringement by possesing a copyrighted article? And is the producer of the program with the SAVE AS the guilty party?

Bet they didn’t think of this scenario. Under Americal law, everyone is guilty and could be jailed, as if copyrights were sacred and the life of the cancer paient was hardly important. Is that what Canada wants?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:39:50 +0000

In the US and in order to get ride of all the parasites infecting our governement we need to dismiss the congress and reorganize new election incumbant not to apply. We need also to purge the entire governenement bureaucracy evaluate the background of all the high ranking executives and fire all the suspicious one. Then we will have our country back. The US constitution alow us to do that. Canada might have to do the same thing one way or another legally or otherwise. And the crappy companies such as Vivendi universal, Sony/BMG, EMI, Time Warner and their numerous subs. should be forbiden to conduct business on the American continent. Period.

By: johnnyg0

johnnyg0 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:58:37 +0000

so this is how it feels to lose our rights.. … it doesn’t feel that good.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:55:06 +0000

What I want to know is
How much the RIAA and the CRIA paid Jim?
Or did they just give him access to their sex slaves?
Or maybe all the CEO’s from the RIAA and MPAA gave him a B Job?

This Bill better get defeated or I think Mass protest is in order.

By: Russell McOrmond

Russell McOrmond — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:11:25 +0000

“If half of these rumors are true, I will be writing my MP”

Another thing to do is to contact the constituency associations of the other parties in your riding. This isn’t simply a “Conservative” issue, but an issue where individual candidates within parties will have different views. Letting the associations know that it matters who they pick for whether you will vote for (or strategically against) them helps.

By: Sunking

Sunking — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:56:05 +0000

“If half of these rumors are true, I will be writing my MP (he’s a member of the conservative party).”

Where’s the rest of this sentence? Writing your MP what? A word? A number? A book? WHAT??! You’re more American than you think.

By: anti-McCarthyite

anti-McCarthyite — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:45:53 +0000

How will “copyright notice” abuse be dealt with? The current US-version DMCA encourages false accusations by placing all the onus on the accused party but none on the accuser.

I’d like to know if there will be any responsibility placed on overzealous copyright owners who use automated software programmed to file scattershot infringement notices based on the flimsiest of suspicions, such as using nothing more than unverified keyword searches?

Will the perpetrators of scorched-earth copyright enforcement be held accountable in any way when they make false accusations on a massive scale?

How will innocent victims be protected from the current epidemic of false allegations?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:05:08 +0000

If half of these rumors are true, I will be writing my MP (he’s a member of the conservative party).

I want to send a copy of it to all the opposition parties as well, as the Conservatives will need their support to pass this bill. Does anyone know who I should send it to in the Liberal, NDP, and Bloc parties?

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:41:23 +0000

Well I think our government is stupid, why don’t they stop listening to the US of A?

We should follow the example of the Swedes. The Left Party is going to propose to legalize piracy and filesharing for non-commercial purposes soon.
Here’s the story: http://torrentfreak.com/swedish-left-party-wants-to-legalize-piracy-080609/

By: Russell McOrmond

Russell McOrmond — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:31:54 +0000

Bill C-61 (the new bill — C-60 was the older Liberal bill) was tabled this morning, but we don’t yet have the text of the bill.

I’ll be posting about it as I learn more at http://www.digital-copyright.ca/billc61/blog

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:29:15 +0000

Cross that last comment.

My appologies. I was misinformed.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:28:08 +0000

are you sure… at the complete top it says “An Act to amend the Copyright Act”

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:21:40 +0000

Patrick:

no that’s from 2005

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:06:33 +0000

Here’s a link to the bill.

http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?pub=bill&doc=C-60&parl=38&ses=1&language=E