Lobby Groups Launch Full Assault For Canadian DMCA 135
An anonymous reader writes "Bill C-61, the previous attempt at a Canadian DMCA, may have failed, but it is clear that the music, movie, and business software industries are engaged in putting massive pressure on the Canadian government to bring it back. Lobbying records show several meetings each week with Government Ministers for CRIA, CMPDA, and Microsoft over the past month. Meanwhile, the CRIA is preparing a grassroots campaign in support of new copyright laws, even claiming that the current rules are costing jobs to truck drivers delivering CDs and DVDs."
You are a bit late. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:If truck drivers are losing their jobs.... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:I admit they are not Canadian... (Score:4, Informative)
I can definitely think of reasons they wouldn't help in Canada, not the least of which is an entirely different legal framework within which to fight, where the US constitution does not apply and your legal rights are different (greater in some areas, lesser in others).
But, anyway, they do support a Canadian organization:
http://www.onlinerights.ca/ [onlinerights.ca]
Not formally affiliated but they are more or less the Canadian equivalent. The EFF defends rights in the US constitution which simply do not (legally) apply in Canada. The EFC defends those laid out in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
That said, both of the organisations come with baggage that is not really related to the RIAA (for example, Warrantless Wiretapping). If you want to support them in opposition to the RIAA, make sure they don't disagree with you on some important principle. This goes generally for any activist or charity cause, but I feel it's important to call out that it's not a single-issue organisation.
Re:You are a bit late. (Score:3, Informative)
I found this Jamendo site recently, free music from independant artists...50% of advertising revenue goes to artists and 100% of all donations made.
Sounds like workable model.
Will be curious how it all turns out.
Re:You are a bit late. (Score:1, Informative)
Have you seen www.magnatunes.com [magnatunes.com]?
Maybe we should tell the CRIA (Score:2, Informative)
Maybe someone should tell the CRIA that "grassroots" campaigns coming from paid staffers is called astroturf.