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EU Demands Canada Rework Its Copyright, Patent Law
An anonymous reader writes "The draft intellectual property text of the EU - Canada Trade Agreement has leaked, with news that the EU is demanding that Canada fundamentally alter copyright, patent, and trademark law. The laundry list of demands includes copyright term extension, WIPO ratification, DMCA-style legislation, resale rights, new enforcement provisions, and following patent, trademark, and design law treaties. The net result is that when combined with the ACTA requirements, Canadian copyright law may cease to be Canadian." Reader TheTurtlesMoves stresses the "first sale doctrine" aspect of the Canada - EU negotiations. Once an artist sells a creative work, should she get a cut of any future resales of that same work? The EU says yes at least for some types of works, and it wants Canada to see things its way. "Europe's Directive 2001/84/EC says that the right covers only 'works of graphic or plastic art such as pictures, collages, paintings, drawings, engravings, prints, lithographs, sculptures, tapestries, ceramics, glassware and photographs, provided they are made by the artist himself or are copies considered to be original works of art.'"
So long as it's the Europeans bending them over the kitchen table and not the Americans, the Canadians will be perfectly happy.
Please tell the EU to go fuck itself and/or adapt its copyright and patent law to the Canadian model.
Canadians, please do as he says.
I'm European.
Alright, as a Canadian, I kindly ask you to go fuck yourself and/or adapt your copyright and patent laws to the Canadian Model.
Even the French-Canadians don't want anything to do with Europe.
I don't buy your claim. If you were really a Canadian, you would have asked more politely. And the apologized for how their house wasn't in order, even though it wasn't your fault. And then said the same thing in French.
fuck off
Here in Western Canada we call them "udders".