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Canadian Minister Promises to Fix Copyright Law
Mashiki writes "In Canada, we can download Mp3's and their assorted goodness without too much of a hassle, recently the CRIA and their friends lost the court case. Well, it would appear that the new Federal Heritage Minister Helene Scherre, has spoken and those words were: 'As minister of Canadian Heritage, I will, as quickly as possible, make changes to our copyright law.'"
There has been an interview with a lobbist some time ago at Slashdot. May be you can ask him for some advice on how to do all that? There are 60+ million people in the USA (and a huge amount in Canada, Europe or elsewhere in the world). If 1% of American ones give 10 bucks each, you will have 6 million dollars, enough to buy half of the Congress (at least in regards to digital freedom issues). Wouldn't that be marvellous?
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AAgghh! Why is the "Heritage" minister even necessary? And it's always some haggared, bitter, out of touch old woman with a chip on her shoulder. Shiela Copps can burn in hell for the crap she put us through, and now this is her replacement?!
In case you didn't know, the heritage minister is a big part of the CRTC. You know, the folks that feel it is mandatory to cram 30% Canadian content down our throats, whether we like it or not? The same reason we cannot get DirectTV or anything other than "approved" satellite television legally, since they can't enforce this quota on american broadcasters.
The heritage minister is not looking out for our best interests. She is nothing but a deceptive shill for the industries (mostly entertainment) that are willing to contribute to her cause.