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Canadian Prime Minister To Music Lobby: Here's Your Copyright Term Extension

Posted by timothy on from the plenty-more-where-that-came-from dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Canadian government's decision to extend the term of copyright for sound recordings in the budget may have taken most copyright observers by surprise, but not the music industry. The extension will reduce competition, increase costs for consumers, and harm access to Canadian Heritage, but apparently all it took was a letter from the music industry lobby to the Prime Minister of Canada. Michael Geist reports on a letter sent by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the music lobby on the day the change was announced confirming that industry lobbying convinced him to extend the term of copyright without any public consultation or discussion.

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  1. Politicans who forget who voted for them... by unique_parrot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...and make decisions with their wallet.

    1. Re:Politicans who forget who voted for them... by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Like there is an option to vote for someone who isn't a corporate whore.

      The main difference between a prostitute and a politician is that the prostitute only sells her body, not her soul.

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      We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
  2. Votes mean nothing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When all the candidates on the ballot are bought and paid for by the corporate interests