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Canadian DMCA Won't Include Consumer Rights

Posted by Zonk on from the hard-not-to-respect-a-strong-lobby dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As protests mount over the Canadian DMCA, law professor Michael Geist is now reporting that the government plans to delay addressing fair use and consumer copyright concerns such as the blank media tax for years. While the U.S. copyright lobby gets their DMCA, consumers will get a panel to eventually consider possible changes to the law. Many Canadians are responding today with a mass phone-in to Industry Minister Jim Prentice to protest the policy plans."

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  1. If you truly want the madness to stop... by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ... don't pirate. Don't do it. Tell anyone and everyone not to do it. While we, as a society, keep stealing the **AA's intellectual property, we will forever remain their bitch. Simply boycotting will just make the situation worse, plus it may cause (more) collateral damage to independent artists, and our culture as a whole.

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    You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.