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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. Re:Feh by Reed+Solomon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    corporations make money if the seal hunt remains?

    really?

    corporations?

    hahahahahahahah.

    The seal hunt has never been about profitability. Most seal hunters, while they hope to profit, are hardly corporations making tons of cash. For aboriginals and the atlantic sealers its a tradition and way of life.

    Seals are hardly going extinct. And in fact high seal numbers might be threatening populations of less photogenic animals.

    The real "corporations" are PETA and their ilk. They make the real money.

  2. Dear World by whisper_jeff · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Dear World,

    As one of the few countries in the world whose economy is not absolutely sitting in the toilet, we, the People of Canada, would like to politely ask you all to fuck off, eh. We appreciate your opinions on our intellectual property laws but, given that we're not bordering on bankruptcy and/or forcing our people to live in a Nanny-state like the rest of you seem to be, we are forced to assume we must be doing something right while the rest of you aren't exactly laying down templates of "how it should be done."

    We do apologize for the broad generalizations that may be made in this message but, really, the point remains - fuck off, eh. Mind your own damn business and we'll mind our own. We've done pretty well at minding our business and are just fine with things as they are. Thanks.

    Sincerely and respectfully, Canada.