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Canada To Introduce Copyright Law Next Week

Posted by Zonk on from the turnaround dept.

P Starrson writes "A leading Canadian television network is reporting that the Canadian government will introduce copyright legislation next week that will bring DMCA-like provisions north of the border. Amazingly, the Canadian recording industry, which previously praised the reforms, now says they aren't good enough. Canadian law prof Michael Geist cuts through the spin in the pair of blog postings titled Fact and Fiction and CRIA's New Take on Copyright Reform."

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  1. No Surprise by IAmTheDave · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No surprise that the Canadian music industry isn't happy with the wording. They pushed for this legislation and got it, so now they will push for harsher legislation. It's like a small child that pushes and pushes a parent to see how far they can get and how much they can get away with.

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    1. Re:No Surprise by Roger_Wilco · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Don't be so sure it will pass.

      Canada has a minority government right now; at least two parties need to go for it, or it's dead.

      (Yes, we have more than two parties --- it's a democracy! :P )

  2. Canadians and their laws and taxes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    First they implement a tax that specifically redresses copyright violations... then they outlaw what the tax was supposed to pay for.

    You think that media tax will go away despite becoming superfluous?

  3. Fair Use Alive and Well by webzombie · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Fair use is alive and well in Canada.

    I pay for the RIGHT to copy what ever the fuck I want on to whatever media I've been taxed on.

    That IS my RIGHT and I could give a shit how many hairs they split. Sharing MY music with my GLOBAL friends is NO different then sahring with my friends down the street. The fact that they claim a physical product must change hands to be considered legitimate sharing is just splitting legal hairs. IMFO

    And according to these same laws, every school in Canada should be charged under the same act they want to charge file sharers with whenever they play "records" at their school dances! Oh yeah... get your check books out kids! No more sock hops! Fuckin' idiots!

    http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/cp/copy_gd _protect-e.html#6

    Examples of infringement

    Infringement:

    - reprinting an article without the copyright owner's permission;

    - playing records at a dance without the copyright owners' permission;

    - giving a public performance of a play without permission;

    - photocopying articles for a class of students without permission; and

    - taping your favourite band at a music concert without permission.

    Not infringement:

    - quoting a few lines of the article in a research paper (fair dealing);

    - playing records at home;

    - giving a public performance of a play by Shakespeare (no copyright exists/public domain);

    - obtaining permission from the author and paying a fee to him or her (if requested) in order to use an article; and

    - borrowing a musical tape from a friend to copy onto a blank tape for private use (a royalty payment to the owner of the song rights has been paid when the blank tape was purchased).

    So FUCK THEM and my Karma! It shows how far behind these folks are... they still refer to music on tapes!