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Canada's New DMCA Considered Worst Copyright Law
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."
A you saying it's entirely possible that in the very near future Canadians might start envying American digital rights liberties? I think my head is going to explode...
512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 200 GB transfer, five datacenters. $19.95/month.
After that whole dollar thing, I thought we'd never be able to make fun of Canada again.
Blame Canada! Woohoo!
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
Most of us here are embarrassed. Sorry, we'll vote better next time. hey, that's our excuse!
That does it! I'm moving to... oh wait
That was our excuse and I'm pretty sure we copyrighted it (or maybe we patented it, I get so confused these days). Give it back.
Besides, it doesn't work very well.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Do any of them involve the use of rubber chickens and a garrote?
"Where's my other sock?" - A. Einstein
Anne Murray will be even more of a bitch if this law passes?
Does this mean Weird Al will be banned from performing in Canada?
Don't tell me to get a life. I'm a gamer; I have LOTS of lives!
Crap!Scratch running to Canada next election http://xkcd.com/180/
"You really think someone will get charged that much for recording Canadian Idol on his VHS without the commercials for 15 weeks in a row?"
They'll obviously use the insanity defense.
Of course, if they make the jury watch all the evidence, the jury will vote for the death penalty - even though we don't have a death penalty.
Kevin Smith on Prince