Canada's Music Lobby Buys Government Access

An anonymous reader writes "Copyfighting law professor Michael Geist, who previously uncovered financial links between recording industry lobbyists and Canada's Minister of Canadian Heritage Bev Oda (who is responsible for copyright policy), has now identified what big cash donations will get you. He reports that Oda met with the President of the Canadian Recording Industry Association on a monthly basis last year just as the government was preparing copyright reform legislation and Canadian artists were calling for an end to P2P lawsuits. Is it any wonder that Canadians seem likely to lose their fair use rights?"

Comments

Re:What?

[somersault]

Are you from America by any chance? Or are you possibly a terrorist? 'The america', 'beleive'? *puts on troll hat*

Re:Sometimes I hate living in America Jr.

[Anonymous Coward]

Canadians will do what America tells them to do. That's just how it works out.

Just like the stealthy American Union that Bush and US corporations are secretly spreading through the Americas.

Here is your reading assignment to get caught up:

1) http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0701/08/ldt .01.html

Search for "DOBBS: Tonight, a proposal for an expanded so-called free trade zone"

2) http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0701/21/ldt w.01.html

Search for "DOBBS: The Bush administration is pushing, and pushing hard, a partnership among the United States, Mexico and Canada. With a goal of what it calls integration by 2010."

You have been warned! So don't complain once the Americans are running Canada!