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Canada's New DMCA Considered Worst Copyright Law

Posted by kdawson on from the outdoing-the-southern-neighbours dept.

loconet writes "The government of Canada is preparing to attempt to bring a new DMCA-modeled copyright law in Canada in order to comply with the WIPO treaties the country signed in 1997. (These treaties were also the base of the American DMCA.) The new Canadian law will be even more restrictive in nature than the American version and worse than the last Canadian copyright proposal, the defeated Bill C-60. Among the many restrictive clauses in this new law, as Michael Geist explains, is the total abolishment of the concept of fair use: 'No parody exception. No time shifting exception. No device shifting exception. No expanded backup provision. Nothing.' Geist provides a list of 30 things that can be done to address the issues."

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  1. Re:Wait a minute... by ILuvRamen · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    well I'm gonna say yes because of the last line:

    Geist provides a list of 30 things that can be done to address the issues
    I don't even need to read it to know #1 is move to the US lol
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  2. Why didn't the following make his list? by PJ1216 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Geist provides a list of 30 things that can be done to address the issues. Why isn't "Leave Canada" on the list?