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EU Demands Canada Gut Its Copyright and Patent Laws

Posted by samzenpus on from the try-again dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Late last year, a draft of the European Union proposal for the intellectual property chapter of Canada, EU Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, leaked online. The leak revealed that the EU was seeking some significant changes to Canadian IP laws. Negotiations have continued and Michael Geist has now obtained an updated copy of the draft chapter, complete with proposals from both the EU and Canada. He says the breadth of the demands is stunning — the EU is demanding nothing less than a complete overhaul of Canadian IP laws including copyright, trademark, databases, patent, geographic indications, and even plant variety rights."

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  1. Our new overlords by app13b0y · · Score: 3, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new EU Overlords!

  2. Feh by Reed+Solomon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, they also demanded we stop the seal hunt. Are they going to request that we all wear visors while playing hockey too? Honestly. How naive.

  3. Re:I can't remember... by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Fuck off, eh!"

  4. Just when you thought there was a glimmer of hope by Sparx139 · · Score: 4, Funny

    And to think that the EU had taken such a great stand with the ACTA. Then this has to happen.

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  5. Re:51 st state? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're already American. North American!

    lol

  6. Re:Overestimating their power by TheCowSaysMooNotBoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    and what is the EU going to do? Give them a very dirty look?

  7. Re:What the hell? by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seriously, as a Canadian this disgusts me. The EU, the US... What the hell gives these assholes the right to demand ANYTHING?

    Calm down, mate. If a chief of some remote Polynesian tribe demands tomorrow that all the pale-skins from the Great White North shall submit to the will of his powerful god Yaka-Yaka, or else suffer his wrath, are you going to pay attention as well?

    If not, then treat this case the same way. After all, fundamentally, it is the same.

  8. Re:Overestimating their power by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sign Ze Treaty or We Will Taunt You A Second Time!

  9. Re:Our new overlords (a different meme) by c6gunner · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would that be "Up yours, mate!" or "May I have some more, sir?"

    You're thinking of Australia. Our response would be "Up yours, eh?"

  10. Re:South of the Border by Shrike82 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Present the digitus impudicus.

    You hit the nail on the head. If Canada don't comply we'll set Harry Potter and his school chums on you...

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