Canadian DMCA Bill Withdrawn

ToriaUru writes to let us know that Michael Geist is reporting that the Canadian Minister of Industry will not be introducing the proposed Canadian Digital Millennium Copyright Act legislation as scheduled. That proposed legislation, discussed here a couple of weeks back, is now reaching Canada's mainstream press. Geist doesn't speculate on why the legislation is being withdrawn, but it could have something to do with the massive popular outcry against the proposal that Geist helped to orchestrate.

Comments

Re:MPAA's response:

[morgan_greywolf]

MPAA: We have ways of making your pronounce the letter "O"!

Canadians and Free Speech

[PHAEDRU5]

I hope Mark Steyn gets decent treatment: http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20071130_111821_7448

Tag should not be suddenoutbreakofcommonsense

[Hamfist]

but suddenoutbreakofhouseofcommons