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Canadian Gov't Asks Public About New Copyright Law

Posted by timothy on from the hunched-on-the-border-stealing-our-wifi dept.

Mike Lawrie writes "The so-called Canadian DMCA has had a long history. Historically, proposed legislation has favoured the views of CRIA, the Canadian arm of the RIAA almost completely. However, this time around the government is consulting the public before drafting the bill. They have launched a (Linux-based!) website designed to provide a public forum for discussion. Now is the time to speak up."

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  1. Re:What can I say? by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They're doing better than the UK government. Over here, they spend a lot of money getting reports researched and then do the opposite. At least the Canadians aren't wasting much money on finding the opinions to ignore...

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  2. Smoke & mirrors by PFAK · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The site was announced on Friday July 17 with the first consultation for Vancouver scheduled the following Monday July 20.

    Typical weasel politics and tactics used by Conservatives.

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