A lot of laws that have been passed in the US and Canada started off as rough drafts. The language exposed to the public for sole purpose of gauging reaction. It's one of the few benefits of democracy.
Politicians are not trying to claim they know how the internet works, which is why this bill will go through many rewrites before it is passed into law.
People need to relax a little bit more. People always go insane at the first sign of (subjective) trouble and refuse to wait for results before throwing around useless slander and misinformation and propaganda.
And it's not just bills, but everything in life. Two people get bitten by sharks, and suddenly there is a media driven frenzy over shark attacks.
All this brouhaha just goes to show how easily manipulated the most powerful element in a nation is: the mob.
Even the article itself said quite clearly: But, cautions Mr. Knopf, Bill C-60 has received first reading only, and that "there"s a lot of time for them to take this out or to fix it." br.
And even if the bill as it is now does go into law, something will get passed to amend that law to fix it, because who do you think will win, the music industry, or Google in a country like Canada? I'm putting my chips in with Google.
I am Canadian, you insensitive clod, and I'm bloody well TERRIFIED.
And uh, so am I, and I don't care because nothing this stupid will get passed. Again, you are freaking out over language that hasn't even been refined yet. In otherwords, you are just FREAKING OUT OVER NOTHING. This is preliminary, the public will react, it will get changed. And yes, I am quite insensitive to useless paranoia.
Stop getting worked up over nothing. This is an initial draft, it wont be passed as law as is. This is just an attempt by the media to garner paranoia about some future restricting law because it will make them money.
Just chill out and don't worry, Canada is not so stupid as to pass a bill that could possibly be as damaging as this.
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I am amazed at some of the comments to this.
A lot of laws that have been passed in the US and Canada started off as rough drafts. The language exposed to the public for sole purpose of gauging reaction. It's one of the few benefits of democracy.
Politicians are not trying to claim they know how the internet works, which is why this bill will go through many rewrites before it is passed into law.
People need to relax a little bit more. People always go insane at the first sign of (subjective) trouble and refuse to wait for results before throwing around useless slander and misinformation and propaganda.
And it's not just bills, but everything in life. Two people get bitten by sharks, and suddenly there is a media driven frenzy over shark attacks.
All this brouhaha just goes to show how easily manipulated the most powerful element in a nation is: the mob.
Even the article itself said quite clearly:
But, cautions Mr. Knopf, Bill C-60 has received first reading only, and that "there"s a lot of time for them to take this out or to fix it."
br. And even if the bill as it is now does go into law, something will get passed to amend that law to fix it, because who do you think will win, the music industry, or Google in a country like Canada? I'm putting my chips in with Google.
I am Canadian, you insensitive clod, and I'm bloody well TERRIFIED.
And uh, so am I, and I don't care because nothing this stupid will get passed. Again, you are freaking out over language that hasn't even been refined yet. In otherwords, you are just FREAKING OUT OVER NOTHING. This is preliminary, the public will react, it will get changed. And yes, I am quite insensitive to useless paranoia.
Stop getting worked up over nothing. This is an initial draft, it wont be passed as law as is. This is just an attempt by the media to garner paranoia about some future restricting law because it will make them money.
Just chill out and don't worry, Canada is not so stupid as to pass a bill that could possibly be as damaging as this.