Canada May Lose Copyright Fair-Use Rights

DotNM writes with an article from the CBC reporting that the Canadian government is considering removing fair-use rights from Canada's copyright law. From the article: "Exacerbating the situation is intense pressure from the United States, where Canada is considered a rogue when it comes to copyright and intellectual property. It still hasn't ratified a 1997 World Intellectual Property Organization copyright treaty... Two of the most controversial issues are [DRM] and the closely related technological protection measures."

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Shut the fuck up.

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Seriously. Don't make asinine comments like that without any proof, and then do it under the guise of an AC to boot. The Conservatives have been doing their own shit for a while now, if you'd bother to pay attention. And maybe, just maybe, the US is doing something good worth emulating. I mean, they're not one of the most powerful countries in the world for sitting around and jacking off.