Why Copyright? Canadian Voices on Copyright Law (Annotated Edition)

In June 2008, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-61, new copyright legislation that closely followed the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The public response to the bill was both immediate and angry - tens of thousands of Canadians wrote to the Minister and their local Members of Parliament, leading to town hall meetings, negative press coverage, and the growing realization that copyright was fast becoming a mainstream political and policy issue. This film, produced by Michael Geist and Daniel Albahary, asks Canadians from across the country and from a wide range of sectors the question - "why copyright?"

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• copyright
• canada
• dmca
• anti-circumvention
• fair
• use
• prentice
• geist
• albahary
• c-61

[960random]

Spyware sucks. Sony sucks. Copyright law sucks. You don't own the oceans, you don't own ideas, and you don't own words.

[realistic28]

When it comes to copyright, I bought it, I own it! To buy a shiny piece of plastic for over 15 bucks with data on it and not be allowed to back it up on my computer hard drive is a waste of money to purchase these shiny pieces of plastic for such high prices!

[MurrayOfCanada]

and now there is acta... -.-

[cutelilldeadgirl]

i chould understand as an artist you work so hard to see people claim your work as theirs but when they just make a fun video or fanart, fanfic, or whatever and they give credit to the original character and see no money what so ever WHATS THE BIG DEAL!!!!!!

[Claimthestorm]

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[Criff3333]

Great video, terrible music.

[majorkrohn]

wow the balls on sony

[MWcrazyhorse]

why are Canadians so much different from U.S Americans?

Me like Canada :-)

[shemseger]

The thing with copyrighted material, you CANNOT own it unless you buy the copyright from the copyright owner. That's the whole point of copyright. When you buy a CD or a DVD all you are doing is purchasing a licence to listen to or view your copy for personal or home use only. You try doing something with it that your licence doesn't permit, then the real copyright owner can pretty much do whatever they want to you.

[Whistlejocket]

The clear answer to copyright issues is to disallow American global participation and to marginalize all US law concerning copyright.

[Whistlejocket]

Nothing complex about copyright...I buy it I own it.