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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."
Okay, did anyone else read the title and think "Gauntlet"?
"Canadian DMCA... needs food!"
"Canadian DMCA... needs food, badly!"
"Canadian DMCA... your life force is running out!"
"We are Microsoft. You shall be assimilated. Competition is futile."
For making my record industry stocks plummet. Now I will end up having to live in low income housing, and download my music for free.
frightened of Harper and his Reform/Alliance/Conservative Party.
But the "Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance Party" had such an appropriate acronym.
If i took time to study the issue i might have lost first post.
My -1 Troll is actually a +1 funny. And my -1 flame is actually a +1 insightfull.
Yes, thank you libertarian philosophy, thank you free market austrian economic analysis methodology. This isn't, never has been, and won't ever be, about "left" versus "right". This is an extremist left-right strange bedfellows unholy alliance timeout, to make the world a better place, by abolishing IP as a warmup to the task of eliminating government banker bunker fiat currency; then we can go back to our usual petty grievances.
"From DNA to P2P, we are all Copycats now. Go Go Copycat Power! Copycat Powers activate! Form of, a Copycat." --monxrtr
You had a valid point until you put "fail" at the end... lol!