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U.S. Senators Pressure Canada on Canadian DMCA
An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. copyright lobby brought out some heavy artillery last week as
it continued to pressure Canada to introduce a Canadian DMCA. U.S.
Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins gave a public
talk in which he described Canadian copyright law as the weakest in
the G7, while Senators Dianne Feinstein and John Cornyn wrote to
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to urge him to bring in movie piracy
legislation."
I wrote a letter to the Canadian Government too.
I told them I don't want them selling oil or energy or natural gas to war criminals anymore, and that I think we need a trade embargo on the US
This whole topic is flamebait if you ask me.
I want an Energy Control Act in the US. It should stipulate what you can and cannot do with the oil and energy and gas we sell you, and if you violate the terms, say by pouring it into tanks and helicopters and attacking people, your country self-destructs.
In return, we'll get right on that Hollywood thing. How's that sound?
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
Excuse me?!?
I'm Canadian and I have no problem whatsoever telling americans to fuck off and die!
So mind your own fucking business, assholes! Quit pissing in other people's pools and maybe the rest of humanity won't hate you so much!
You're using her as bait, Master!
If Canada wants access to US movies and music then they have to play by our rules. If Canada doesn't like the rules then they don't have to follow them. Likewise there is nothing forcing the US movie and music industry to sell in markets that don't follow the rules. Each side is flexing it's rightful position of power. I really don't understand how the whole jingoistic "Get off my lawn America" attitude applies here. The last time I checked there weren't any US tanks rolling through Canadian streets.
If you've got better ideas of how the US should handle foreign policy then immigrate here, vote, perhaps run for public office. We have no shortage of people spouting what we should and shouldn't do. What we have a shortage of is people that do more than just talk.
I hope you don't think those imaginary lines on the globe actually separate the US from the rest of the world. There is no possible way the US could just seal itself off from outside influence and interaction. Like it or not we are all in this together.