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Canadian Music Industry Wants Subscriber Disclosure Without Court Oversight

Posted by Soulskill on from the they-get-cranky-when-the-leafs-lose dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The incredible demands of the Canadian music industry as it seeks a massive overhaul of Canadian copyright law continues. It is seeking increased liability for social networking sites, search engines, blogging platforms, video sites, and many other websites featuring third party contributions, plus a new iPod tax, and an extension in the term of copyright. Last week, it went further, demanding a requirement for Internet providers to disclose customer name and address information to copyright owners without court oversight as well as takedowns with no due process and unlimited statutory damages."

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  1. Re:iPod tax?! by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Does it mean its legal to pirate music on iPods because the copyright lobby is getting paid for the sale of the item because it could be used for piracy? Like their blank CD tax...

    Again, another case of them wanting to have their cake and eat it too.

    They want the tax, er, levy ... and they want to make sure any form of copying is also illegal.

    They're talking about making it a criminal offense to break any form of digital lock, for any reason. So, my old copy of DVD Decryptor is now a WMD. So much for fait use and some of our other rights.

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  2. Re:You used to be cool, Canada by RicoX9 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes, but when your representatives are approached by the Music Industry and say "I want MOAR", and the representatives say "I want a beach house", and get it, the Music Industry gets what they want.

    Corporatocracy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatocracy