Canadian Politicians Demand DMCA

An anonymous reader writes "Michael Geist is reporting that a Canadian parliamentary committee has demanded that the government establish a Canadian DMCA. The demand, which comes in a study on counterfeiting and piracy (PDF) released on Wednesday night, recommends ratification of the WIPO Internet treaties, increasing damage awards for copyright infringement, creating new offenses for selling modification devices, and encouraging prosecutors to seek jail time for piracy violations."

Comments

And The Point Would Be...?

[CheeseburgerBrown]

Since users of "Canadian" ISPs are sent warning letters about their uploading behaviour citing the American DMCA already, what would be the point of having a domestic version? Just so it could be bilingual?

Copyright infringers are the new child molesters

[MillionthMonkey]

Soon you'll have to register as a copyright infringer for life and people will see your house on copyright infringement Google Maps overlays so they can know to keep their little ones and zeros safe from you.

I used my Ouija board.. I'm getting something..

[BlackCobra43]

white letters...on a hill? ...somkething about a forest..or woods?

Re:What about the citizens?

[WillAffleckUW]

The usual, money, sex, booze and smokes. This "legal mumbo jumbo" is out of their pervue as citizens.

No, you're thinking of French people.

Canadians want sex, booze, smokes, and money.

Americans want money, booze, smokes, and to watch sex.

And Mexicans have it all, well, except for the money part.

Re:How does that work exactly?

[tourvil]

Apparently Canada is taking lessons from The United States.

And without paying for those lessons! Can we sue them under the DMCA?

Re:In other news...

[JohnnyGTO]

I've always considered politicians to be prostitutes so are you saying Canadian politicians are also demanding sex? Must be lonely at the top, of what I'm not sure....