Canada's own DMCA

[Anthony de Boer]

Charly Baker 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

The Conservative Heritage Critic comes from the Ontario PC side of the
house, not from Reform.  And I've already talked to her legislative
assistant about copyright issues and ensuring it's done sensibly for the
people, rewarding content creators/owners so they'll make more good stuff
for us, rather than giving those people a big stick to beat up the market.

A couple of items from the policy statement on the party website:

   The Conservative Party believes that reasonable access to copyrighted
   works is a critical necessity for learning and teaching for Canadian
   studens and teachers, and that access to copyrighted materials
   enriches life long learning and is an essential component of an
   innovative economy.

   A Conservative Government will eliminate the levy on blank recording
   materials.

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Anthony de Boer
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