Britain's Digital Economy Act (long)

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 12:47:07AM -0400, Scott Elcomb wrote:
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 2:41 PM,  <phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> > Today in Daily Kos:
> > http://dailykos.com/
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Britain's Digital Economy Act is coming to America
> > by brooklynbadboy
> > Mon May 24, 2010 at 07:00:03 AM PDT
> <snip>
> > The EFF strongly opposes ACTA much as it opposed the awful Digital Economy
> > Act in Britian. Liberal Democrat leader, now Deputy Prime Minister Nick
> > Clegg promised to repeal it if elected. However, the new Conservative
> > minister responsible for the law has made it clear it is here to stay.
> 
> That would be the same ACTA Canada just signed on to:
> 
> <http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/comm/news-communiques/2011/280.aspx?lang=eng&view=d>
> 
> Here's an excerpt:
> 
> "Following the signature of ACTA, the Government of Canada will
> develop and introduce the necessary legislation to implement the
> agreement. The government has already taken steps to enforce and
> defend intellectual property rights and help balance the needs of
> creators and users by reintroducing its Copyright Modernization Act
> (Bill C-11) in Parliament on September 29. The bill informed and
> guided Canada’s approach to the ACTA negotiations."

Balance of course means "screw the user while doing nothing to actually
prevent mass piracy".

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