Canada to Get Its Own DMCA?

[JoeHill]

On Fri, 6 May 2005 15:34:40 -0400
Walter Dnes disseminated the following:

> > "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?

Nothing new, just typically pustulant American ignorance and greed, coupled with
a similarly typical servile attitude toward our thuggish and belligerent
neighbours to the south.

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