Canadian DMCA Won't Include Consumer Rights

An anonymous reader writes "As protests mount over the Canadian DMCA, law professor Michael Geist is now reporting that the government plans to delay addressing fair use and consumer copyright concerns such as the blank media tax for years. While the U.S. copyright lobby gets their DMCA, consumers will get a panel to eventually consider possible changes to the law. Many Canadians are responding today with a mass phone-in to Industry Minister Jim Prentice to protest the policy plans."

Re:Canadian DMCA?

[OECD]

that's what, about 85% of the US DMCA?

You haven't seen the latest exchange rate. It's actually a bit more than 100% of a US DMCA.

Re:Canadian DMCA?

[Jeremy Erwin]

that's what, about 85% of the US DMCA?

My consortium would like to buy 100,000 Canadian dollars from you. We are willing to pay up to $90,000 US-- $5000 over and above your quoted price. Please contact me at your earliest convenience.

Re:If in Calgary...

[snowraver1]

I think I'll have to wear my tin foil outfit. It's double thick and has a full hood. Should divert the shock and prevent the MP from penitrating my mind.... all at the same time.

Re:How Wonderful Canada Is

[Anonymous Coward]

the copyright bill would be the perfect thing to defeat. It makes them look good

If the entire Canadian voting public were on slashdot and reading this thread, I'd agree with you ... but since we know there are at least some Canadians who do not live in their parents' basement, we must assume there is a segment of the population that will have no clue about the ramifications of a DMC-EH bill. So it all comes down to how this issue gets spun by the news media, what kinds of soundbites get repeated from the House of Commons, etc. In other words, there is a big segment of the voting public that can be shamelessly manipulated into voting for something that punishes evil, antisocial hackers who want to steal money from honest hardworking artists and the corporations that help them.

Re:The tighter you clench your fist...

[Spokehedz]

No need to apologize. He went and turned into a money-grubbing asshat too.

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