... and I think we have to let the Hon. Jim Prentice know what we feel -- not that we're just "thieves" but are genuinely concerned based on losing our technological rights. We shouldn't all have the burden of government believing we're nothing but thieves!
Are there any other Calgarians who would like to protest this at his office? And with Stampede coming, would anyone like to join me at his pancake breakfast on 5 July -- some place where he can't hide from us?
The problem with this is that eBay also owns Kijiji, which is Craigslist's main competitor. I can see eBay merging them both if they get control of Craigslist. Then competition for eBay will be much diminished...
It's hard to avoid slippery slope arguments here (will movie companies be seeking their own share of the pot? what about music producers and musicians themselves?). It is hilarious how this fee would appear to go on forever and how it would be distributed -- I could easily see non-copyright songs falling under this proposal.
These people to assert -every- song is available via P2P... so one can wonder why such songs aren't available via 'legal' means, such as iTunes. Could it be these same songwriters are putting up barriers to songs being available legally, and expect compensation that people aren't just willing to pay anymore?
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... and I think we have to let the Hon. Jim Prentice know what we feel -- not that we're just "thieves" but are genuinely concerned based on losing our technological rights. We shouldn't all have the burden of government believing we're nothing but thieves!
Are there any other Calgarians who would like to protest this at his office? And with Stampede coming, would anyone like to join me at his pancake breakfast on 5 July -- some place where he can't hide from us?
The problem with this is that eBay also owns Kijiji, which is Craigslist's main competitor. I can see eBay merging them both if they get control of Craigslist. Then competition for eBay will be much diminished...
It's hard to avoid slippery slope arguments here (will movie companies be seeking their own share of the pot? what about music producers and musicians themselves?). It is hilarious how this fee would appear to go on forever and how it would be distributed -- I could easily see non-copyright songs falling under this proposal. These people to assert -every- song is available via P2P... so one can wonder why such songs aren't available via 'legal' means, such as iTunes. Could it be these same songwriters are putting up barriers to songs being available legally, and expect compensation that people aren't just willing to pay anymore?