[Fwd: RE: Please Stand Against the New Copyright Bill]

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: John Myshrall <jmyshrall-6duGhz7i8susTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org>

| From:   Khan, Wajid - M.P. <Khan.W-o8LxKXBI9Raw5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org>

| Specifically, it includes measures that would:
| *	expressly allow you to record TV shows for later viewing

Not true for anything protected by DRM.  Thus all Rogers digital cable
broadcasts are excluded already.  I don't know about other cable
operators or satellite operators.  But this is likely to only get
worse.  For one thing, analogue will go away soon.

; copy legally
| purchased music onto other devices, such as MP3 players or cell phones

They are restricting our current right as far as I can tell.  The
current "private copying" regime is more liberal

*	implement new rights and protections for copyright holders

Like: state enforcement of DRM restrictions that go way beyond
anything sanctioned by traditional copyright.  Eg: you cannot skip the
ads on a DVD -- that would require breaking DRM.

| The Bill does not empower border agents to seize your iPod or laptop at border
| crossings, contrary to recent public speculation.

No, that is in other treaties being secretly negotiated (if I remember
correctly).

| As with any bill, there will be ample opportunity for stakeholder input and
| public discussion.

The whitepaper consultation was perhaps a decade ago.  Those comments
were mostly ignored.  Then came C-60 which died on the order paper
when the Liberal government fell.  There was no public discussion
prior to C-61, as far as I recollect.  There were private discussions
with certain (evil) stakeholders.


I would say that this letter is intentionally misleading.  Normal for 
politics but unacceptible to me.

My comments are from a failing memory.  Some "facts" need checking.
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