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Canada May Ratify WIPO Copyright Treaty

Posted by michael on from the some-imports-should-be-stopped-at-the-border dept.

rocjoe71 writes "It appears the Government of Canada might be ratifying the WIPO copyright treaty, which will surely bring an end to our P2P downloading heydays. Among the measures that could be enforced by ratifying WIPO would force ISPs to comply with a 'notice and takedown' system against subscribers who violate copyright laws... As we speak RIAA lawyers are amassing on the Canada-U.S. border, ready for an all-out invasion."

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  1. What scares me the most by Guspaz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is this bit:

    "The committee also recommended allowing for extended licensing of Internet material for educational purposes, meaning that a fee cannot be collected for publicly available material.

    That publicly available material would be defined as material that available on public Internet sites that do not require subscriptions or passwords and for which there is no associated fee."

    Is it just me, or does that seem extremely abusable?