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Anti-DMCA Petition in Canadian Parliament
Matthew Skala writes "Last month we heard that the Canadian government is rejecting some of the worst features of the DMCA (more analysis here), but with Heritage Minister Liza Frulla parroting the media-cartel lobby with a promise to "give the tools to companies and authors to sue" and persuade children that downloading music for free is morally wrong even though it's presently legal in Canada, the battle is far from won. Yesterday, Member of Parliament Peter Julian (Burnaby-New Westminster, NDP) introduced the first batch of signatures on Digital Copyright Canada's Petition for Users' Rights. This isn't just a Web click-through petition that politicians can freely ignore; more than a thousand real hardcopy signatures have already been collected from Canadian residents opposed to further expansion of copyright privileges, and the campaign is hoping for many more. Additional coverage on p2pnet.net."
Largely, I agree with you. I think we're just arguing over some small points.
I can see your point that home taping isn't theft. However, I think that from the point of view of the people that came up with the levy, it IS theft. Never before have they tried to reclaim the supposed lost income of artists in any way. If what you were doing was in no way theft (from their point of view), I don't think they'd be trying this.
Then again, the music industry is one corrupt, money-grubbing industry. I despise their lobby, and I think they're bad for commerce and the customer. If they could get money out of you for listening to the radio, I'm sure they'd try.