Harper's Conservatives think it should be illegal to format shift your media

Stephen Harper's Conservatives think it should be illegal to do simple format shifting: for example, taking your old CDs and putting them on your iPod. Conservatives think you should face stiff fines for doing so.

From May 15, 2012

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[Pierre Hamel]

So if I use a piece of toilet paper to blow my nose - that would be format-shifting a feces receptacle to a phlegm receptacle, when I should have used a facial tissue expressly for that purpose instead. The bathroom tissue/facial tissue lobby group would be outraged and I would be liable at that point. I think I have it now.

[CaptainAwesome9653]

Format Shifting is buying a pair of socks and the store suing your kid for turning it into a sock puppet.

[Ben L]

wut

[Devonmeister]

Americans, this is not Stephen Harper its one of is conservatives, just felt like yall needed some clarification. He's still an idiot

[rossmum]

Fucking Harper giving my province a bad name. Go to America if you love it so much.

[bizzybong]

hahahahahhahahahahahahahaha this guy is governing a country?

[MoonMoney1]

Your improper use of punctuation tells all.

[MoonMoney1]

You don't seem very intelligent.

[MoonMoney1]

Improper use of a comma.

[XionYazuka]

You vote these people in. The change needs to start with us. Not government, not corporations, not copyright trolls. We have all the power and yet we use absolutely ZERO of it because we are too lazy and apathetic.

[forestguardian2003]

They should make it illegal to be that stupid.

[Blade025]

wow..that was the stupidest analogy i have ever heard in my life...i don't know who to feel more sorry for...the retard that spewed it or the morons that started clapping in agreement...these are the people leading our country?