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Canadian Copyright Group Seeks To License the Net

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everyone-wants-a-piece dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new Toronto Star article from Michael Geist not only describes why Canadian Ministers of Education are pushing a copyright proposal that will harm Internet access, but also reveals how a copyright group is seeking to create a new license for Internet content. Access Copyright, a copyright collective, wants to use a new international text standard to license everything from books to blogs. Geist outlines in his blog how Canadians can fight back against these bonehead proposals."

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  1. Oh I get it... by Audent · · Score: 5, Funny

    the interwebs are just a series of tubes, right...?

    There should be a test for politicians about the internet. It should involve:

    knowing the difference between the internet and the web;
    being able to explain why censoring the web is difficult if not impossible;
    why ISPs aren't liable for the content they host;
    and some other stuff.

    Actually, there should be an easier test - if you want to be a politician you should be BANNED FROM EVERY BECOMING ONE by law.

    Yeah.

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    I am a leaf on the wind
    1. Re:Oh I get it... by RAMMS+EIN · · Score: 3, Funny

      ``There should be a test for politicians about the internet. It should involve:

      knowing the difference between the internet and the web;
      being able to explain why censoring the web is difficult if not impossible;
      why ISPs aren't liable for the content they host;
      and some other stuff.''

      Right. The politicians have been brainwashing us long enough. It's time for us to start doing it to them!

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      Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
    2. Re:Oh I get it... by TheGhostOfDerrida · · Score: 2, Funny

      "The politicians have been brainwashing us long enough. It's time for us to start doing it to them!"
      Are you wearing red tights? because you just became my hero...

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      Paul: If you're reading this, pick your shoes up out of the hallway. I keep tripping over them. Slob.
  2. Mwaha! by omeg · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?"

    "The same thing we do every night, Pinky: Try to license the internet!"

    1. Re:Mwaha! by zoomshorts · · Score: 2, Funny

      Right after we invade Canada to assure them the same freedoms we Americans 'enjoy'?

  3. Re:Where's frist post by Andrew+Kismet · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think most Slashdotters live, breathe, browse and sleep in the same place - one cannot "retire" to your mother's basement if you never leave it. :3

  4. Re:Ashamed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've never been more ashamed to be a Canadian right now.

    Really? Two words for you: Celine Dion.