EU Demands Canada Gut Its Copyright and Patent Laws

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

Those filthy rich PETA barons are buying up everything!

For aboriginals and the atlantic sealers its a tradition and way of life.

Maybe they'll be willing to trade their seal hunting for indoor plumbing and a life expectancy past 40. Not everything that's "traditional" is good.