The Canadian DMCA: What You Can Do

The Canadian government is about to introduce new copyright legislation that will likely mirror the DMCA with strong anti-circumvention legislation - far beyond what is needed to comply with the WIPO Internet treaties - and address none of the issues that concern millions of Canadians. The Conservatives promise to eliminate the private copying levy will likely be abandoned. There will be no flexible fair dealing. No parody exception. No time shifting exception. No device shifting exception. No expanded backup provision. Nothing.

This video is about what you do about it.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• copyright
• canada
• dmca
• anti-circumvention
• fair
• use
• prentice
• verner
• conservatives
• cria

[Rustyshackleford08]

I will NEVER buy a DVD or CD again if they do this.

[ideomotion]

What the copyright act should be

1. Only individuals can own copyright.

2. When copyright holders die the copyright expires ten years later.

3. Individuals cannot breach copyright unless they are significantly profiting financially from it.

4. No more laws protecting business' perceived right to gouge consumers.

5. No more "terms of use". You sold it. I bought it. It was yours, now its mine, and I can do what I want with it.

6. Digital rights management illegal.

[robot851]

Lol, you are all fails. There was a bill introduced in June that said all of this stuff would be legal. So this video is all wrong. Don't freak out over it.

[newstream2010]

Fuck the Harper Government. Let tell Stephen Harper that he is fired!!! Fire him with your vote and together with the NDP or Liberal Government we can and we will KILL THIS BILL!!!!

[MaddJP]

Most of the people I warn about this incoming law don't give a shit, and the others who care just won't take the time to write a letter, they're all taking a defeatist attitude.

[eproulx]

Guys, is this video up to date? It was posted in 2007...

[johnnymegabyte]

and the freedom for a musician to make a living, not stealign music because you can via the internet.

[rgbk73]

"The people should not be afraid of the government, but the government should be afraid of the people"

V of Vendetta

Wait, is this illegal too, it's copied from a movie right?!

[vampjoseph11]

Under this revision, for lack of a better term, of The Copyright Act, the cops could arbitrarily come into your home, sieze all of your devices and jail you if they think you have copyrighted material. EVEN IF YOU CREATED OR OWN IT. Under this stupid and ill advised farce you'd have to close down every school, library, media outlet and BAN THE INTERNET along with jailing EVERYONE IN CANADA because US industry is whining that we don't have stiff copyright laws like them.

[realistic28]

Harper has got to. I think NDP will do a better job. I hope we do go back to the polls because this government is killing us slowly. I am voting NDP!

[realistic28]

I just thought of a really good question for the MPAA, Why haven't the major hollywood movie/music labels ask for bail out money since the economy lapse? This really proves that they are liars!

[imawesome432]

FUCK HARPER!!!!!!11