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Foes of a new Canadian copyright law are gathering a head of steam. From what I can see, the law is mainly designed to appease US corporate interests and allow downloaders to be sued, American-style. The fear is that it will squash artistic expression in virtually every field where copyright applies. I’d hate to be a documentary film maker right now. Forget what I think about copyright/left, I can’t help but wonder about the motivations behind any law introduced by this arts and culture-hating government, corporate ass-sucking government. If anyone thinks this is actually about protecting artists, I have some slightly damp land to sell them. (Thanks, Jonathan)
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December 10th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Not buying into that land deal for a second.
December 12th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
G,
All worries about USA-style anything taking over our fair land aside — technically speaking, any copyright bill that does not minimize copyright protection for artists into complete impotence is in fact “protecting artists.”
Me — I’d really like to actually see a bill before I start bonking people over the head. But, apparently, that’s just me: [see link above]