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U.S. Rejects Canadian Rejection of DMCA
P Starrson writes "
Slashdot readers may recall that last
month Canadian policy makers rejected the DMCA for Canada.
Not so fast apparently -- the U.S. Trade Representative has released
the annual Section
301 report which each year tells the rest of the world that they
need stronger intellectual property protection. This year Canada is a
particular target -- the U.S. plans to conduct a special review of
Canadian policies and explicitly rejects Canada's rejection of the
DMCA. A good summary on what this means from Canadian law professor Michael Geist."
Is it like moderation and meta-moderation in Slashdot? In the end nothing matters.
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
I reject U.S.'s rejection of Canada's Rejection of DMCA.
...that Canada qualifies as a circumvention device?
Uh oh
I thought we settled States Rights during the civil war, and agreed no state could reject federal law ;)
I want you to assume that all spelling and grammar errors are intentional. Thank You.
Canadian DMCA rejects YOU!
all this rejection is reminding me of high school....
Miss Canada: "Uncle Sam, Don't prod your nose where it don't go. Three times before I tossed you out in the snow. If you keep hacking, you'll get a darned good whacking"
Uncle Sam: "Oooohhhh - I like being whacked! Whack me here, Whack me there. Whack me on the bed, and under the chair. Whack me by whip, Whack me by stick. Whack me in Nam, Whack me in Iruq. Now I'll get whacked from little miss Canuck!
I laughed so f******g hard when I read this, my girlfriend couldn't believe that slashdot could be this funny
Those who know, do not speak. Those who speak, do not know. ~Lao Tzu
>> The USA can suck my balls
Careful there Anethema. There are 295,734,134 people down there - you'll get a seriously chapped bag.
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The USA can suck my balls if they want us to adopt the DMCA.
So I take it you reject the U.S. rejection of the Canadian rejection of the DMCA?
You do realize that U.S. IP holders would reject your rejection of the U.S. rejection of the Canadian rejection of the DMCA??
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
Edward Everett (1794 - 1865)
You can reject a rejection? Sweeet! I'll keep this in mind when I some day apply for a job.
>> NAFTA! Ha! Good luck with that one. See: Softwood Lumber dispute, Mad Cow dispute... Both illegal under NAFTA.
Nearly
Always
Favours
The
Americans...
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As a Canadian, I'd put forth that we reject the US's rejection of our DMCA rejection.
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"The USA can suck my balls if they want us to adopt the DMCA."
Well you know what Condeleeza Rice would say to that, don't you?
"Present them", thats what she'd say.
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
The USA can suck my balls if they want us to adopt the DMCA.
Ironic that those are the last words that Sadaam said to Bush just 10 days before the US invaded.
Next thing you will hear of "reports" of weapons of mass destruction are suspected to be in canada.
I would watch what you do up there in the 51'st state.
(Note: this is a JOKE. if you dimwitted moderators dont get it then you can suck my balls!)
But he only has to worry about chapping from 295,734,133 because I won't be participating.
We, the sovereign nation of Quebec will decides of ours own affaires...
Will you suport us Canadian friend?
;) well you could look at it like this , America is unable to handle the girth of Canadian Wood..
*Awaits down moderation for tastelessness*
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
I seem to remember a small revolution started 200+ years ago when some empire taxed without representation. "Strong" IP laws like the DCMA and other corporate friendly laws are nothing short of taxation. A corporate tax for the people and by the companies through the law makers they buy.
I find it humorous that the very people that started the revolution are the "empire" and those who rejected the first revolution now are the revolutionaries.
Personally, I'd love to turn off the natural gas and electricity to you thankless assholes and sell it to the Chinese.
That's freaking brilliant! I MUST try this. The chances of this actually working are much higher than me legitimately landing a good job.
Thank you for the idea, now I'm off to the patent office.
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Dear USA,
Fuck Off.
Kisses,
Canada
We vote for representatives who will stop the queers from marrying each other! You know nothing about our system!
As an American, I support your rejection of our rejection of your rejection.
Steve Magruder, Metro Foodist
Times have changed,
Our kids are getting worse
They won't obey IP laws,
So let's pin blame and coerce.
Should we blame the government
or stupid IP laws
or should we blame the DMCA
with it's many flaws?
No!
Blame Canada!
Blame Canada
With their software piracy,
their stupid "diplomacy"
Blame Canada!
Blame Canada!
The circumvention must stop
The trash we must smash
Laughter and fun
must all be undone
We must blame them and cause a fuss
Before somebody thinks of blaming us!
I get this really odd feeling that this article should have a Humor icon instead of what it has now.
Excerpt from Bush's diary:
Note to self: Invade Canadia^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Cananada^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Candadia^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
Ah, fuck it. Invade Irak.
Shortly after 9-11-2001, Dubya was quoted as saying
"If you aren't with us, you are with the terrorists."
This world view has been applied to the liberal
press and opposition politicians (anthrax letters), as well
as the American people (USA Patriot Act(I)).
The Bush administration equates violations of the
DMCA as "acts of terrorism" as well.
Between trade conflicts over soft wood products and
beef cattle imports, Canada is on the "short list"
to join the "axis of evil". Or to quote a more liberal
Republican president with an accidentally "live"
microphone, "Bombing starts in 15 minutes."
I sincerely hope our neighbors to the north have
"dug in", because I suspect things are going to get
dicey there this summer. (Canada DOES have oil,
after all.)
shhhhh....
it's talk like this that gets other countries bombed, and quite frankly that's not something I want to see happen.
That would be perfect. Hillary president... and you dead.
Anything NOT worth doing is NOT worth doing well...
Canada rejects U.S. Rejection of Canadian rejection of the DMCA!
If you pay your taxes you support terrorism!
Perhaps a simple 'fuck you' is in order.
The US rejects your offer of sexual relations.
How dare other countries not follow along with what we do or say? I for one suggest that we change the name of "Canadian Bacon" or as Canadians like to call it "Bacon" to "Freedom Bacon". I think that will get our point across nicely.