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Canada Says No To DMCA

Posted by Hemos on from the praise-canada dept.

P Starrson writes " The Canadian government has reportedly said no to the DMCA. It released its plans for copyright reform today with a limited anti-circumvention provision that would not cover the likes of DeCSS. It even avoided the U.S. "notice and takedown system" that has caused a big headache for U.S. ISPs. A good summary is available from Canadian law professor Michael Geist. "

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  1. Good step? by LegendOfLink · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously, why can't the US government learn to keep their noses out of every aspect in our lives?!

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    1. Re:Good step? by LegendOfLink · · Score: 5, Insightful

      True, but that one group of people used their money and influence to persuade legislators to make a law to benefit them.

      Last time I checked, I thought the government was supposed to preserve fundamental Constitutional rights, not pass a new law when some lawmaker has to take care of those who donated to their campaigns.

      Simply put, people will try to do things to put themselves at the top, but it's the governments fault for allowing itself to be manipulated.

      I think Thomas Jefferson would be crying right now ;)

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      IGB: More fun than eating oatmeal!
    2. Re:Good step? by timeOday · · Score: 5, Insightful
      It's not The Big Bad Government trying to nose its way into our lives, it's one group of people (content providers/owners) trying to make sure that what they perceive as their best interests are protected through the law.
      Huh? I doubt you could name any policy of any government, ever, that wasn't about "somebody" who wanted "something." That in itself isn't a justification.

      If you assume somebody is being evil just for the sake of being evil, it's more likely their motive is selfish and you just don't know yet what they're trying to get. That doesn't mean they're not evil.

  2. Freedom! by Janitha · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Good to see the Canada being more realistic and more free about stuff like this.

  3. Canada ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... The *new* Land of the Free. :-)

  4. And soon... by shmlco · · Score: 5, Insightful
    you are only one major health issue from bankruptcy

    Even bankruptcy won't help, as Congress is about to vote April 6th on the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005.

    Aptly named, the act "protects" banks and lenders from those nasty middle-class comsumers who lose their jobs, whose families break up, and who suffer unforeseen medical emergencies.

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    Any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
  5. Would anyone notice? by Jetson · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Go us! Now the question on everybody's mind up here is: with our refusal to put our official support behind the missile defense program and now this, how long before the border closes up completely?

    The border is already effectively closed as far as I'm concerned. The USA has REPEATEDLY lost their battles over softwood tariffs and beef import restrictions and yet the politicians down there are still blocking imports by simply throwing up new laws/rules that they *know* will eventually be struck down again. NAFTA is a complete failure from the Canadian perspective as the "free flow of goods and services" is apparently only a one-way deal.

    There is a growing sentiment up here that we should no longer offer the USA preferential access to our natural resources. If you don't want our lumber or our beef, why should we be paying high electric rates to subsidise California? Why should we be shipping our fresh water south by the truckload?

    I (and many other Canadians) have stopped going to the USA on vacation. I now give my tourist dollars to countries in Asia, Europe and elsewhere.