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Canadians Battling Proposed Canadian DMCA

Posted by kdawson on from the leave-us-a-commons-eh dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CTV reports on how Canadians are fighting back against the Canadian DMCA. Led by Michael Geist, the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group is nearing 90,000 members. There are local chapters, a YouTube contest, wikis, and people writing letters and organizing rallies against the copyright bill. Geist said, 'When you get tens of thousands of Canadians speaking out like this, there's big political risk for any political party who chooses to ignore it.'"

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  1. Curse you Young People F***ing Movie! by file_reaper · · Score: 2, Funny

    I knew the title of that movie would just bring trouble!

    SEE! See how things are turning out?!

  2. Re:No conspiracy theory here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The legislation has already been delayed once due to public pressure. Any more broad but inaccurate sour grapes from the American peanut gallery?

  3. Re:Political Repurcussions by iminplaya · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 28, 1998...

    Well, that does it. I'm definitely not voting for Bill Clinton this November.

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  4. Re:print page by SleepyHappyDoc · · Score: 3, Funny

    It was already on one page, karma whore.

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  5. Re:No Worries by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    And who else would the Canadian public vote for?

    Stephane Dion?

    Baaaaaahahahahaha.

  6. Vote in the Ficus! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think us Canadians should try voting in the Ficus plant. Maybe it will work better for us. :)

  7. Re:No Worries by brainhum · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, Lorem Ipsum was elected Prime Minister of Canada today by a landslide margin.