Canadian Gov't Gives Big Bucks to Copyright Lobby

5degreez writes "The Toronto Star is reporting that the Canadian government is providing hundreds of thousands of dollars to a copyright lobby group that claims that education groups are 'devoted to abolishing creators' rights on the Internet.' Documents obtained under the Access to Information Act by Prof Michael Geist reveal that government officials recognized that the funding established a bad precedent, yet they still plan to pay big bucks until 2008."

Comments

It's all about the marketing ..

[Entropy]

IMHO, the CRA should rename itself to truly reflect what it stands for. And we all know they will say they stand "against piracy". So they should name themselves the Creators Rights Alliance Againt Piracy.

I think that then and only then will the right message get across ..

Re:In Soviet Canada

[Anonymous Coward]

**The Hells Angels are considered the largest (and now ONLY) organized crime syndicate in Canada.

At first I thought you'd left out the Liberal Party, but then I noticed you said organized...

Re:Wait a minute...

[StikyPad]

Look, the guy clearly wrote "bzzzzttt...wrong," which means that you are wrong, whether or not what you wrote was factually correct. The simulated buzzer sound thingy in writing trumps all logic and automatically wins any dispute.

Re:Wait a minute...

[The Snowman]

That's a neat trick. How do you download something before it's been created?

I don't know, but Mel Brooks figured it out. Go watch Spaceballs again -- Colonel Sanders pulls the Spaceballs tape off the shelf to fast forward and figure out where Lonestar crash landed. He explains to Dark Helmet that thanks to modern technology, they can have the VHS ready before the movie is done filming.