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CRIA, MPAA Demand Expanded DMCA For Canada

Posted by timothy on from the professional-envy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Canadian Recording Industry Association and the MPAA's Canadian subsidiary are demanding that Canada adopt copyright laws that go beyond even the DMCA. The groups demand anti-circumvention law, three strikes and you're out legislation, and increased secondary liability for websites. The demands come as part of the national copyright consultation in which hundreds of Canadians have spoken out against such reforms."

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  1. Re:Will Canadian Pols Roll Over by Demonantis · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not with Harper in power. He likes to roll over and play dead for anything corporate. Fortunately its a minority and the senate is still there to protect the interests of the people of Canada. On a side note, I haven't seen anything from CBC so I don't know how many Canadians actually know this is happening. If I am wrong it would be nice to see a link to the article.

  2. Of course by SilverHatHacker · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because, don't forget, according to surveys, Canada has more piracy than the US.
    These surveys which I refer to are the ones which they admitted they extrapolated from the American data, without actually considering Canada at all...
    So it makes total sense to demand stricter laws.

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    Funny may not give karma, but +5 Informative never made anyone snort coffee out their nose.
  3. Wait--that was a good thing. by Civil_Disobedient · · Score: 4, Informative

    Do you remember the private copying levy that the Liberals introduced back in 1997? Where we have to pay extra money on all blank media we buy here to compensate the poor media companies and the losses they incur?

    Actually, this was a godsend in disguise, because it essentially created a giant loophole for Bittorrent operators in Canada. The CRIA hasn't been nearly as successful as their American counterpart because infringing citizens can happily point to the levy and say, "You're already getting your cut, so STFU."