Canada's own DMCA

[Rob Sutherland]

On Wed, 4 May 2005 10:59:28 -0400
Charly Baker <cmb-h7HJ8Pof2EbbR28j2ZUwYgC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Wednesday May 4 2005 10:39 am, John McGregor wrote:
> > >"Canadian heritage minister Liza Frulla has recently proposed changes to
> > > Canadian copyright law that would allow US companies to sue Canadian
> > > Citizens."
> >
> > Given the federal political climate, the proposed change to our
> > copyright law was more likely a bone thrown to to the Conservatives and
> > the Bloc, than anything else.
> >
> The bloc wouldn't like it and the Reform party wouldn't understand it.  This 
> bone was thrown to the south, where the profit it is to protect goes


There's currently an attempt to get petitions to Ottawa to
protest this move. (http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition)

Rob 

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