Canadian DMCA Proposal About To Die

An anonymous reader writes "Like the previous Bill C-60 before it, the proposed Bill C-61 that would bring DMCA-like laws to Canada is poised to die on the order table, never to receive a vote, as the current minority government falls. An election call is expected in days. Everybody expects that some form of these laws will be back yet again (third time's a charm?). There are too many interests pushing for change to let it go. But here's a chance for Canadians to influence politicians about it in an election campaign, and hopefully strike a better balance. And for those of you in the rest of the world who are laboring under a DMCA-like copyright law, let's hear your stories about why such laws are a good or bad idea, and if bad, how you would amend the law to make it tolerable. With the polls probably on Oct. 14th, Canadians will be looking for a few good ideas."

Comments

So now we...

[Deus.1.01]

PRAISE CANADA!

Re:As a previously loyal conservative voter

[TheVelvetFlamebait]

*sigh*

This bill proposes to make a criminal of me and virtually everyone I know.

It doesn't want to make you a criminal. No-one wants to make you a criminal. They want to make piracy a criminal activity, and they hope you won't become a criminal.

Piracy robs artists of their legally granted rights. Why shouldn't it be a (white collar) crime? The worst that'll happen is the burden of finding and prosecuting offenders, which the record/movie industry has devastatingly mishandled, will fall to the government, who at least you can elect.

Re:Viva minority governments

[Brickwall]

Both of you are typical Canadians - whining brats who don't even bother to find out how our system of government works. You can DECLINE your ballot - that is, when the clerk hands you the ballot, you tell him/her you decline it. THESE HAVE TO BE RECORDED AS DECLINED - not spoiled, not blank, and not that you didn't even bother to show up.

And this is not a new law; it's been that way for over a hundred years. Canadians are so used to looking down their noses at "ignorant" Americans, but at least every American I've met has some idea of how their system of government works, unlike you snot-nosed clowns who clearly don't know a goddam thing.