Comments on: SOCAN loses against Cdn ISPs

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 00:03:59 +0000

Jack Layton isn’t “pro file sharing” see:

http://www.cippic.ca/uploads/images/107/NDPRESPONSE.pdf

“Any copyright legislation needs to balance the rights of creators, users and distributors. Creators must be fairly compensated for their work, and only a creator can waive that right. At the same time, users need fair access, in order to encourage a vital Canadian culture.”

Think he mentions something about enacting the WIPO into law. If that is the case kiss p2p “goodbye” since the WIPO specifically gives “make available” rights to the holder of the copyright …. somehow I cant see Sony saying “it’s ok, download more …”

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 04 Jul 2004 07:02:16 +0000

Canada : A country with some sanity left in it!!!!!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 12:57:43 +0000

Thank goodness the NDP have like what was it 18 or 19 seats, lets see vrazy Jack pass his own legislation…lol and like the Bloc will have any hope nationally, ha. The original point stands even stronger now that you say the only only party with any hiope actually doesnt wnat to move on that! O’Canada….

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 11:05:21 +0000

yah but even with the NDP they only hold 154 seats, they’ll need someone from the Bloc or Conservatives to pass new legislation.

Plus remember, Martin bends like a willow to whatever seems to gain him popularity, and says what he thinks the audience wnats to hear. It’ll be interesting to see his priorities or lack thereof.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 05:20:04 +0000

That’s right. But Martin is still there and he is the one who said the music industry is part of Canada’s sovereignty. God! I stil can’t believe he actually said that!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 01:03:02 +0000

I was happy to see the Heritage Minister lose. However, you might be surprised to know what the parties said about the issue before the election. The BQ and the NDP are most aggressively in support of ratifying the WIPO Copyright treaties (ie. putting an end to file sharing)! The Liberals aren’t so keen and the Conservatives didn’t say anything. See http://www.cippic.ca election issues and M. Geist’s comments re: same.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:34:22 +0000

excellent observations and good to hear about that pious b#$% losing her seat.

indeed with a minority gov legislation is passed much slower and suffers extraordinary scrutiny.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:21:36 +0000

In the past, Libral Heritage Minister Helene Chalifour, had been vocal about trying to get legislation passed to ban filesharing in Canada. Most notably

Well, in the election, she lost her seat to Roger Clavet of the Bloc Quebecois. Although Prime Minister Martin was also backing banning filesharing, it was Helene Chalifour who really piloted the offense.

With a new minority government, I can’t even picture the topic of filesharing going anywhere fast. It’s simply not a large political issue. There are more important things to say the least. Also, they’ll be a lot of political debate before anything is passed.

Not to mention Jack Layton is pro-filesharing and I don’t see the Bloc Quebecois (a pretty socialist Quebec party) approving big corporations to sue Canadian citizens. Unless the Librals ally with the conservatives on this one (very unlikely!), filesharing’s here to stay in Canada.

So all in all, YAY for Canada! Keep on Sharing.