Canadian Copyright Official Dumped Over MPAA Conflict

An anonymous reader writes "The Canadian government's top copyright policy maker has been moved aside after revelations that she was in a personal relationship with Hollywood's top Canadian lobbyist. The development is raising questions about how the MPAA got an anti-camcording bill passed in only three weeks and what it means for the introduction of a Canadian DMCA."

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the hilton effect

[User 956]

The development is raising questions about how the MPAA got an anti-camcording bill passed in only three weeks and what it means for the introduction of a Canadian DMCA.

Well, it's kind of obvious. She's only against the use of camcorders in movie theaters. if you know what I mean.

Re:the hilton effect

[dunng808]

And earlier today we had Virgin Digital closing shop. Way too much sexual innuendo for this crowd! Somebody bring a bucket of cold water, and pour in a cupfull of saltpeter.

Re:the hilton effect

[Pig Hogger]

I want her hung.

Not hung. Have her walk the plank. Arrrrr!!!!!

Re:the hilton effect

[alshithead]

Okay, I posted just last night that I try to not put on my grammar Nazi hat as frequently as I used to...

However...

"I'm a Canadian, not a copyleft movement. She's a traitor. I want her hung."

You want her hanged if you want her executed by hanging. You want her hung if you want her be a hermaphrodite. :)

Re:the hilton effect

[FreezerJam]

Is there such a thing out-out-Naziing?

Sorry - but this is Canada, and the Canadian Oxford Dictionary doesn't support the use of "hung" as a past tense of "hang". Up here, she would be hanged, and that's her only choice.

(Of course, since we have abolished the death penalty, this is all moot.)

Will he dump her now?

[garcia]

According to multiple sources, the personal reason involves a personal relationship with one of Canada's leading copyright lobbyists.

While Neri's personal life is no one's business but her own, this does raise troubling questions about the quick passage of Bill C-59, the anti-camcording legislation, since Neri appeared as a witness before a Senate hearing on the bill with the lobbyist in the room.

I'd be interested in watching the speed at which she is "dumped" by the lobbyist now that she has no power to help advance his career.

Re:Will he dump her now?

[somersault]

I invented ice though. I took out a patent on it - "Organising water molecules into a solid crystelline structure by means of a phase shift generally occurring at zero degrees celcius". Speak to Chantelle in the patent office if you have any bones with that. Chantelle had a bone or 2 over it, believe me >_>

Not what I was expecting....

[downix]

I was expecting some kind of payola, maybe free vacations, a car, ya know, the usual. But when the Canadian Lobbyist told his bosses he'd really give it his all...

No Surprise

[Ethanol-fueled]

Given that the lobbyists are always in bed with the lawmakers ;)

Duties to be Determined

[loid_void]

From the article, "has been removed from her position to become a special advisor to Assistant Deputy Minister Jean-Pierre Blais with "duties still to be determined."

I see a follow-up article here.

Re:Duties to be Determined

[TriezGamer]

And half of slashdot will label it as a dupe ... nothing new here.

Correction:

[Anonymous Coward]

The development is raising questions about how the MPAA got an anti-camcording bill passed in only three weeks...

This development begs the question about how the MPAA got an anti-camcording bill passed in only three weeks.

Re:Another nail in the coffin?

[driftingwalrus]

I find your faith in humanity touching.

Tags

[zygotic mitosis]

Canadia? Shouldn't it be Canadiaa? :)

Re:I didn't even realize that law had passed

[fyoder]

"Those anti-piracy ads are getting really mean."

Re:Doesn't even respond to direct questions

[badfish99]

Are those figures right? Does it only cost $250 or $500 per donation to bribe a Canadian politician? Wow, I could afford to buy a couple of laws in Canada at that rate! I should have thought it would cost a luxury yacht, or some bars of gold in a Swiss bank account, at least. The Canadians should look at a properly-run country like Zimbabwe or Saudi Arabia to see how things should be done.

Level of sacrifice?

[dgr73]

Before we actually crucify the MPAA, let's look at the big picture. Does anyone have it? I mean a picture of this Neri woman, because if she's hot it's just a simple case of bribery by "hide the salami", or as the MPAA says "An innocent relationship, which in no way affected Ms. Neri's opinion".

But what if she's a complete dog? I think then you could actually start charging people with bribery and MPAA with pimping. Come to think of it, MPAAs methods aren't too far from those of a street pimp, though MPAA actually prefers the term "Carborne entrepeneur":

*SMACK* *SLAP* "I don't give a s**t if you already bought da movie, gimme da money, b**ch!" *SLAP* *SMACK* *THUD*

sooo

[Anonymous Coward]

The Canadian government's top copyright policy maker has been moved aside after revelations that she was in a personal relationship with Hollywood's top Canadian lobbyist.

In Canada, 'fuck the RIAA' has different meaning?