Canada to Get Its Own DMCA?

[Walter Dnes]

On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 07:58:52AM -0400, Rob Sutherland wrote

> "Canadian heritage minister Liza Frulla has recently proposed
> changes to Canadian copyright law that would allow US companies to
> sue Canadian Citizens."
> 
> This doesn't sound good :-) Has anyone seen any reaction to this from anyone?

  That does not compute.  Monsanto was able to sue the daylights out of
a farmer because his next-door neighbour's wheat pollen blew onto the
defendant's field.  What is so new about US corps being able to sue
Canadians?

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