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?"

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Re:Vive le Québec libre!

[denis-The-menace]

FYI: If Quebec ever does separate, only the rich and well-connected will be free. Everybody else will be imprisoned by their language. By forcing all Quebeckers to only use French, they are keeping them ignorant of the world. Many Quebeckers are already stuck in Quebec because their English language skills are non-existent. Imagine how much non-French language skills would be allowed once Quebec is ..er.. free. When Quebec was founded, French was the language of business. Today it is English and tomorrow it will be Chinese. Adapt or die.

FYI for the rest of /.: If the web server is located in Quebec or your business is located in Quebec, it's not good enough for the web site to be English and French. It must be French-only! Any exceptions you see are because the owners are rich and well-connected.