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Canadian Copyright Official Dumped Over MPAA Conflict

Posted by kdawson on from the duties-still-to-be-determined dept.

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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  1. the hilton effect by User+956 · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

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    1. Re:the hilton effect by dunng808 · · Score: 3, Funny

      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.

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    2. Re:the hilton effect by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 4, Funny

      I want her hung.
      Not hung. Have her walk the plank. Arrrrr!!!!!
    3. Re:the hilton effect by alshithead · · Score: 4, Funny

      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. :)

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    4. Re:the hilton effect by FreezerJam · · Score: 3, Funny

      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.)

  2. Will he dump her now? by garcia · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  3. Not what I was expecting.... by downix · · Score: 4, Funny

    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...

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  4. No Surprise by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  5. Duties to be Determined by loid_void · · Score: 4, Funny
    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.

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  6. Tags by zygotic+mitosis · · Score: 3, Funny

    Canadia? Shouldn't it be Canadiaa? :)

  7. Re:I didn't even realize that law had passed by fyoder · · Score: 3, Funny

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

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  8. Re:Doesn't even respond to direct questions by badfish99 · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.