DMCA.ca – don’t let it happen
p2pnet view P2P | Politics:- “Facebook has gone rogue, drunk on founder Mark Zuckerberg’s dreams of world domination”, says Ryan Singel in Wired. “It’s time the rest of the web ecosystem recognizes this and works to replace it with something open and distributed.”
Zuckerberg isn’t the only one. Ask Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin and Larry Page over at Google. They’re far more dangerous.
But although I totally agree with Ryan’s sentiments, from where I sit, the picture is a little different.
“Facebook used to be a place to share photos and thoughts with friends and family and maybe play a few stupid games that let you pretend you were a mafia don or a homesteader”, Ryan goes on. “It became a very useful way to connect with your friends, long-lost friends and family members. Even if you didn’t really want to keep up with them.
For me, the reality is: despite Zuckerberg’s best underhand efforts, and despite the presence of ‘games’ from the likes of the disgusting Zynga, Fa$ebook is still a (the?) place where people share with each other and, more importantly, organise.
Jim Prentice once tried to front an American-style DMCA, but was halted dead in his tracks because of online outrage expressed largely through Fa$ebook groups. And the same thing is happening with the current US bid to use the weak-willed George W. Harper government to force through the latest DMCA.ca.
The Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights has launched a campaign to spread the word about The Canadian copyright reform debate.
Accompanying it is the picture of the wide-eyed girl on the right, her mouth taped shut.
However, in fact, she and (at 4:12 am and Pacific) 83,982 others like her are speaking loudly on the Fair Copyright for Canada Fa$ebook campaign page.
It states >>>
More than two years after this Facebook group was first launched out of concern for a forthcoming copyright bill in Canada, indications are that the Canadian government is preparing to introduce a new bill within a matter of weeks. Despite national consultations on copyright in the summer of 2009, it appears increasingly likely that the new bill will look much like the old bill, with the return of a Canadian DMCA.
The new bill will likely again mirror many of the provisions found in the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act with strong anti-circumvention legislation that goes far beyond what is needed to comply with the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Internet treaties. Moreover, the bill seems unlikely to address the issues that concern millions of Canadians. Thousands of Canadians spoke out in the summer of 2009, calling for a forward-looking, technology neutral law that meets the needs of all stakeholders, including creators, consumers, and business.
Once again, those concerns may be ignored. Join the Fair Copyright for Canada Page today and stay current on the latest developments and learn how you can speak out for fair copyright in Canada.
If you’re Canadian, make sure your voice is heard.
Let Harper and his cronies know who’s in charge.
We can deal with Zuckerberg later.
Cheers!
Jon Newton – p2pnet
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Wired – Facebook’s Gone Rogue; It’s Time for an Open Alternative, May 7, 2010
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May 8th, 2010 at 11:29 am
I wrote my own and I even gave them the option of contacting me for a quick tutorial so they can understand the technology and not be scammed.
They ask for my address and such, but I am quite confident I’ll notice if CSIS or RCMP or OPD are staking out my place.
May 8th, 2010 at 11:57 am
jusy like the UK, France!!!
Citizens ignored, corps heard!!!
governments dont give a shit about me, you or anyone else for that matter. only when it comes to votes, then they will listen (for a short time, and they will fuck you over again and again, once they get what they want). as they say “Money talks many different languages”.
Politicans need to know who pays their wages, Corps need to know who they get their profits from. We deserve the respect, and not treated like second class criminals, who need punished, just to satisfy the needs of the fat greedy bastards.
May 8th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
In UK and France the gov were snowed by the corporations. Once the shit hits the fan and the debts become massive and the lawsuits begin, the Govs will turn around and in their corner the corps WON’T be! They will run and hide, leaving the governments holding the bag.
And they are too blind to see it!
May 8th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
their was a US Government alphabet agency GAO, done research into the so-called “Billions” that the corps lost, and they couldn’t find anything on how the Billions were lost from piracy. i wonder if that will be taken into account or just fucked under the carpet as always.
funny how that was the only report done on it, and other countries took their word for gospel. instead of looking into it.
if that was anyone else, im sure that the government would be making a point of looking into it.
May 8th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
It wasn’t Facebook, it was rather anti-DMCA citizens storming Jim Prentice’s riding event.
Let’s find out when Moore or Harper hold riding events and let’s come there with banners.
Like they do it here at 2:52 and 4:25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOCyJDDTWxA
May 11th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I jumped on Wikipedia and read the article, but it was a lot like walking through pudding: slow going and afterward I felt kinda dirty.
May 12th, 2010 at 1:17 am
“…slow going and afterward I felt kinda dirty.”
So, are you sayin’ it was good experience, or a bad one?
