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Interesting read....of some of our digital rights going out the window
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http://www.copyrightforcanadians.ca
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:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
we need more people to act on this, Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights is updating their wizard
ive started handing out flyers (got the idea from you modderman :) )
well all... october is just around the corner....we all know that the pressure must be increased on out politians so they will make a point to the harper gov.
They are hoping to slide Bill C-61 through under the publics radar....this october....they had originally planned to do that just before the summer but due to public uproar they shelved it till this OCTOBER...:mad:
Interesting Documentary on the ongoing saga
Michael Geist - Why Copyright? Canadian Voices on Copyright Law
I am interest in the result for this Bill. I do not live in canada.
damn this sucks.
I hope the coalition comes through and starts a new goverment.
Welcome to my world
Seems like Im a little late on the boat with this as I do not know what they are doing and when this happened, but from my guess, there trying to crack down on piracy and look at what we are doing on the internet?
Or they are taking the "Youtube Copyrights" to a new extreme?
If either of these Guess' are wrong please correct me as I would hate to see my Electronic rights to go down the crapper.
Read more into it, So pretty much they are going to bring the American standards for DMCA Copyright law into canada?? Its bad enough on youtube alone.
<if there was one, insert UK flag here>
Hey, at least your music ain't blocked...:) yet?
For those uninterested in reading through the links, here's Canadian Copyright in a nutshell :Quote:
Originally Posted by killerkomb
In the late 70's, early 80's Cassette Tapes were being sold and the Canadian decided to charge a per unit fee (extra tax) on Cassettes. (Interestingly here are some current stats on fees being charged:
Audio cassettes of 40 minutes or more in length 24¢Private copying tarriff - Current tarriff) In essence, these fees were collected to pay artists for Canadian's privileges to copy their music. This included BETA Tapes, VHS Tapes, CD's, DVD's and pretty much any re-recordable media. There was a decision made in 2003 in a case that the RIAA or someone tried to get a Canadian to pay royalties, and the Supreme Court Judge said no, as Canadians have already paid a fee for that reason. That has since allowed Canadians to download pretty much all content they wish, without any serious reprocussions. Where Canadians can get nabbed however, is by uploading content, then just like in the States, a person can get nabbed for being a digital pimp.
CD-R, CD-RW, CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio and MiniDisc 29¢
Hope this helps clear some of the confusion, and adds another reason why being a Canadian rocks!
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