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Last Chance To Stop SOPA From Coming To Canada
An anonymous reader writes "This weekend may be the last chance for Canadians to fight back against SOPA-style laws being added to Canadian copyright law, with the final hearing scheduled for Monday. In recent days, the copyright lobby has demanded website blocking, warrantless access to subscriber information, and unlimited damage awards. Michael Geist has the details on who to contact and Open Media has launched a campaign to encourage Canadians to speak out before Monday's Bill C-11 meeting. The group makes it easy to speak out against SOPA style reforms, harms to fair dealing, and unduly restrictive digital lock rules."
First, they came for the Canadians, but I did not speak up because I am not Canadian...
That's so cute, you believe you are part of the political process, and that the elected aristocrats actually have a reason to answer to you.
Nope, not even in Canada.
If he wants the law to pass, it'll get done, despite what anyone, even his own party wants. The opposite is also true.
good luck Canada!
You think we're helping you after what you did to our Baldwins?!?!?
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
If the DMCA clauses pass, I'll still have a right to make backups. It'll be harder to get the software for ripping, but it won't slow me down in the least, or worry me at all.
What it will do is encourage me to torrent download like a fiend to save the hassle of ripping and encoding my own DVDs for access via media server.
I do not fail; I succeed at finding out what does not work.
C-11 is nothing like SOPA.
Don't believe me? Read it for yourself.
Canada has been taken over by a radical bunch of neo-cons. They have committed innumerable acts of election fraud in what has been effectively a coup.
This SOPA-like shit is nothing in the grander scale of things.
Now is Canada's time to shed some blood to refresh the tree of liberty in this country. An unimaginable change from a mere 10 years ago when we complained about the other party in government kowtowing to corporate wishes.
Watch for the con-bots to appear claiming that they're the victim in this somehow. Or how John Doe got a speeding ticket, con-bots murdered someone, so everyone's a criminal, blah blah blah.
Fuck, it makes me sick thinking about what's happened to this country. Honestly fucking want to puke.
Where is/are ANONYMOUS when we need him/her/them?!? A little technological pressure could help...
If we can get Liberals and NDP to scream **bloody murder*** together with regular citizens, then it might dawn on those in Ottawa that this will hurt their re-election chances. Just a thought ...
Anyone living just south of Canada... hell, everyone should be watching this closely. Who's to say it won't come to your neck of the woods?
http://www.parl.gc.ca/LegisInfo/Home.aspx?Language=E&Parl=41&Ses=1
Not that you shouldn't contact your MP, but this thing has got a bit to go yet.
then they sent down that Justin Beiber chick!
The main problem is that every time a country adopts stupid laws like this, it becomes easier to pass it in other countries too.
So please, Canada, make sure this law won't pass. This law isn't a threat just to you, it's a threat to the whole world.
I think C-11 is an absolutely horrible bill.
- It allows warrantless monitoring of a person's internet activity, which is an inexcusable invasion of privacy.
- According to a law professor I've spoken to, it makes warrantless monitoring of my telephone legal since I'm using a VOIP telephone system provided by the cable company, and VOIP is just extra internet traffic. This is despite the fact that warrantless monitoring of a landline is highly illegal.
- Oh, and if I burn a copy of a DVD I own, I've broken a digital lock and I'm now I'm potentially liable for unlimited damages. They were nice enough to add a backup provision to C-11, except it's not applicable if you're breaking a digital lock.
Not to mention the fact it's being thrust on us by a majority government that got less than 50% of the overall vote at election time, may not actually have a legitimate majority thanks to the ongoing robocall scandal... and the whole fucking bill is being pushed on us with "support it or you're with the pedophiles" bullshit.
And here's what I've done about it:
- I've written my local (Conservative) MP about the bill, and got a template reply. Wrote back again, no response.
- I wrote a former (NDP) MP in my previous district, and got back a really great "100% with you on this, but unfortunately they've got a majority so all we can do is whine and complain in the house" e-mail.
What the frig else should I do?
I'd like to take a moment to address the question of C-11. I have, in fact, read it in its entirety, since media coverage is never without bias.
http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Docid=5144516&file=4
I'm sure you've heard from people who are far more rabid in their disdain for this legislation than I, and you've likely heard all of the arguments against it.
I will therefore restrict myself to declaring that, should this legislation pass, I will not be voting for you in the future. That is an unconditional promise.
Yours,
Petersko
It will be fun when our Amerifag P.M. says "hey BushBamaRomney our prisons are generating record profits thanks to SOPA", and this whole mess gets re-shoved down American citizens' throats, only this time without a last-minute reversal.
See, the funny thing about Canada is our fascist assclown of a fraudulently-elected leader likes to think of us as a beta 51st state. Whatever works here will serve as a case study for the U.S. administration, so your fascist assclowns can go live with the new and improved version of NeoConOS 2.0. Just as we carefully observe U.S. politics, you should be monitoring Canadian politics because they are very closely related on an ideological level.
-Billco, Fnarg.com
I wrote a former (NDP) MP in my previous district, and got back a really great "100% with you on this, but unfortunately they've got a majority so all we can do is whine and complain in the house" e-mail.
Who are the "they" you are talking about that have a majority? Certainly they don't represent citizens. We need a public protest in order to show we care, because obviously "they" aren't talking on our behalf. We need to be heard.
They'll bow to the US Government as usual.
Actually, first they came for the Americans with SOPA... And I spoke up for them, but I am not American. Why don't you help us like we helped you?
The arch foe.
http://www.stockchase.com/ has a nice message on the front page.
http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/canadian-copyright-consultatio.html boingboing as well
http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2011/10/bill-c11-locks-limits-levies-litigation.html
It will be fun when our Amerifag P.M. says "hey BushBamaRomney our prisons are generating record profits thanks to SOPA", and this whole mess gets re-shoved down American citizens' throats, only this time without a last-minute reversal.
See, the funny thing about Canada is our fascist assclown of a fraudulently-elected leader likes to think of us as a beta 51st state. Whatever works here will serve as a case study for the U.S. administration, so your fascist assclowns can go live with the new and improved version of NeoConOS 2.0. Just as we carefully observe U.S. politics, you should be monitoring Canadian politics because they are very closely related on an ideological level.
+100 from a fellow former Canadian, like you, currently a political prisoner in Harperstan and who is quite seriously contemplating getting the fuck off the continent of his birth because it is turning into pure evil.
Harper and his gang of brain-dead fat fuck fascist wooden puppets are mindless neocon robots and enemies of all that is Canada. They are directed by multinational corporate (mostly u.s.) interests and are operating in Canada in order to liberate Canada of all its resources and wealth and destroy all that was good about Canada. They are the GW Bush Hunta 2.0 and the harper invasion is the new version of the Iraq war. Only this time, their invasion has been covert (however, less so every day), not overt.
The harper government is one big evil crime syndicate. They must all be wiped out of existence as soon as possible and then the damage undone, which will take decades.
Before I get modded down, I just want to know that Truth is the first casualty in this war. Here are some facts:
- This is NOT the last chance to get Bill C-10 from getting to Canada, it has to go through the Senate (You screwed this up once Senate, don't screw it again). If they change even a word, it must go back to the House of Commons and start over.
- Online surveillance is NOT in Bill C-10, it's in Bill C-30 (I don't that bill either)
- This ISN'T SOPA, it's DMCA (annoying...)
- No, Anonymous wouldn't help this situation, since they tried to pressure Vic Toews on Bill C-30, and now they have an excuse to ram it through. Don't do it for Bill C - 11.
It cant do anything, we already the Stephen Harper convention ACT,,,,,,and it's alive
you laugh now, but wait until the RIAA takes another stab at it and says "every other country in the world already has laws like these"
Because our leaders didn't care about your complaints any more than your leaders will care about ours. Our leaders only cared that Google said YouTube might have to shut down if the law was passed, and that their constituents would burn down Washington D.C. if they couldn't get their videos of cats playing ping-pong.
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I urge every person living in Canada to write to their ISP and ask that their ISP oppose Bill C-11.
I have already written to mine to let them know that, as a customer, I expect them to defend my interests and if they won't, I will take my business to an ISP who cares.
Even if you are with one of the smaller ISPs, write to them, it will help.
First, "80% of Canadian ISPs oppose Bill C-11" sounds better than "Bell and Rogers oppose Bill C-11".
Second, some small ISPs will likely take this opportunity to oppose Bill C-11 in an attempt to get good PR and attract subscribers. This will encourage the larger ISPs to oppose Bill C-11 too in order to keep their customers.
If you don't know what to write, here's is my suggestion for a few paragraphs:
- Briefly describe Bill C-11 (mention some of the issues with the bill)
- Explain why you are personally opposed to the bill
- Ask if your ISP opposes the bill and what it does to oppose it
- Say that as a customer, you expect your ISP to defend your interests (you can add that you will change ISPs if yours doesn't oppose Bill C-11)
- Add a short closing statement "I hope you will stand against Bill C-11", "I trust you will defend your customers against this bill", etc.
Be polite (being aggressive won't help), check your spelling and typing mistakes the best you can, add some courtesy formulas to sound professional ("Dear ISP", "Best regards", etc.) and you're set to go!
I hate it that in spite of protests, petitions, and the fact that its not good for the country, the idiot politicians (and by that I mean this govenrment) don't listen to the people. They don't listen to the opposition. They run roughshod over the democratic process. They invoke closure (google it), thereby limiting debate. They do whatever they want, ignoring anyone and everyone. You don't want to elect them again even if you voted for them before because they don't participate in a democracy: they just ignore everyone and wind up doing stupid things. There is a good chance that they got power illegally (the robocall scam), and will lose power by enforced by-elections. This is my hope. They have pissed away money (that the Canadian Taxpayers Association had nailed them on, and for a right wing government, that's just sick). Whatever crap they try to pass, will be revoked after the next election. The problem is putting up with all of it from now till then.