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Another Stab At a Canadian DMCA

Posted by timothy on from the acta-ing-up-up-there dept.

whisper_jeff writes "News has come out that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is planning on bringing the DMCA to Canada. As a Canadian, this disgusts me. Watching Harper sell out Canadians in favour of US lobby groups is an affront. I am hopeful that enough Canadians write to Harper and their MPs to voice their disapproval of this effort."

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  1. Sell-out by gyrogeerloose · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Watching Harper sell out Canadians in favour of US lobby groups is an affront.

    If it makes you feel any better, watching our own Congress sell out all of us who live in the United States to US lobby groups was just as bad.

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  2. Ok, really? by Darkness404 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ok, looking at what the US DMCA has done, can you really say its improved the US in any way? Lets see here, thanks to the DMCA we now have judges wasting their time on victimless crimes, record companies still screwing artists and a rush of high-tech jobs out of the US.

    The DMCA hinders education, harms jobs and makes developing in China and India even better. Why Canada would even consider such a terrible piece of legislation is beyond me.

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    1. Re:Ok, really? by Mashiki · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Considering we have strict copyright laws already in existence and a levy system on most blank media. This is stupid, idiotic, and removes the right that you "own" a device. And I'm a member of the CPC who votes at delegate conventions. I guess it's physical letter writing time to my MP and others again, along with some other things.

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  3. Re:Another Stab At a Canadian DMCA by Capt.DrumkenBum · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As a Canadian I am usually pretty nonviolent. But I have had enough of this asshole! Would somebody please take a stab at Harper?
    He does not represent me, or anyone I know.
    I think it is time for a revolution.

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