U.S. Senators Pressure Canada on Canadian DMCA

An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. copyright lobby brought out some heavy artillery last week as it continued to pressure Canada to introduce a Canadian DMCA. U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins gave a public talk in which he described Canadian copyright law as the weakest in the G7, while Senators Dianne Feinstein and John Cornyn wrote to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to urge him to bring in movie piracy legislation."

Re:May I be so presumptuous?

[Pojut]

I think I speak for many Americans when I say:
Please help us, we can't run our country!

Re:That Ambassador Sure has a pretty mouth

[stinerman]

Look to your own house, rigged elections, unethical treatment of prisoners, a base of lies and innaccuracies supporting a personal vendetta/private war.

Yeah, we have problems, but this is a bit more important. This, my friend, is copyright legislation!

Everyone sing along now...

[basic0]

AMERICA! Fuck yeah! Comin' again to save the motherfuckin day yeah! AMERICA! Fuck yeah!

I'd post the rest of the lyrics, but they're copyrighted.

Re:May I be so presumptuous?

[shadowspar]

No, it should have been said in both official languages: "Fuck off! / Va te faire foutre!"

Re:May I be so presumptuous?

[Von Rex]

Scary thing is that Stevie the Cowboy will likely agree to this...

You're right about that. I've yet to hear of any American initiative that Steven Harper didn't immediately support. He even let the USA rip us off of a billion dollars in the softwood lumber dispute, even after repeated decisions of Nafta commissions that the Americans didn't have a leg to stand on. Which makes me wonder why we're even a part of Nafta, since it's clear the same thing is going to happen anytime there's a dispute about anything.

He made a unilateral decision to put us in Afghanistan, which most Canadians oppose very strongly. He wanted to put us in Iraq, but fortunately didn't have power at the time. He will most certainly put us in Iran if George the giggling murderer gets his way there.

 

Re:While I can understand Canadians taking offense

[LaughingCoder]

I think you might mean the MPAA, not the RIAA ... but your point is well taken. Regarding whether Canada is a major source of pirated movies, did you not read the reference article I provided?

Re:Wow...

[Icarus1919]

Yes, I agree; this is blatantly a statement.

Re:May I be so presumptuous?

[cHALiTO]

Heh That would be:

"Fuck off! / Tabarnak ton camp, criss d'asti de chien sale, man!"

Re:May I be so presumptuous?

[Anonymous Coward]

You're right. The total economic devastation of the last seven years has only been exceeded in severity by the utter eradication of every single freedom ever known.

Somebody please save us from BeelzeBush the AntiClinton!!!

Re:May I be so presumptuous?

[MightyYar]

Whaddaya know, a Canadian "W"! This sounds just like "You're either with us or against us in the fight against terror."

Re:Money talks

[Hijacked Public]

You signature is a good place to start looking for an answer for that.

Re:Stephen Harper is Bush's boy toy...

[s4ltyd0g]

Whats long and pointy and hangs between Bush's legs?

Harper's tie...

Re:go home...

[Citizen of Earth]

The last time I checked there weren't any US tanks rolling through Canadian streets.

This is because Canada buys its tanks from Europe.

Re:May I be so presumptuous?

[T-Ranger]

If by "In Toronto" you mean "3500km to the west", then yes, X-Files was shot in Toronto.

Re:go home...

[atlasdropperofworlds]

Canada has tanks?

Does Canada know?