Canada has 72 hours to alter a strict Copyright Bill. (Think Canadian SOPA)
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Via > http://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/qrjhp/canada_has_72_hours_to_alter_a_strict_copyright/
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The Conservative government is getting ready to pass a Copyright Act that has one of the most restrictive digital lock provisions in the world. This bill will make it illegal to copy a DVD so you can watch it on your tablet - even if you are not infringing on copyright.
Liberals have listened to consumers, educators, artists, creators, innovators, and ordinary Canadians and acted transparently to propose amendments that strike equilibrium.
In just 72 hours, Bill C-11 will be reviewed clause-by-clause in a Special Committee before being passed. This is our last chance to amend this bill and defend users’ rights. But we need your help to make them law. Now is the time to stand up for fair and balanced legislation. That's where you come in.
We have seen in recent months that, united, we can force the Conservative government to listen to you.
Please click here to sign right now - and tell the Conservative Government that it should not be illegal to circumvent a digital lock for a purpose that does not infringe on copyright.
Then please forward this email to friends and share the petition on Facebook and Twitter as widely as possible before the committee meets.
Tell the Committee: user rights trump digital locks
Thank you.
Geoff Regan Member of Parliament -- Halifax West Room 645 Confederation Bldg. | House of Commons | Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
( 613-996-3085 | geoff...@parl.gc.ca | www.geoffregan.ca
Okay, the letter ended above, but there are some things that it doesn't mention:
The Book Burning Provision:
- The Act is amended by adding the following after section 30:
(5) It is not an infringement of copyright for a student who has received a lesson by means of communication by telecommunication under paragraph (3)(a) to reproduce the lesson in order to be able to listen to or view it at a more convenient time. However, the student shall destroy the reproduction within 30 days after the day on which the students who are enrolled in the course to which the lesson relates have received their final course evaluations.
Basically, it says 30 days after you have to destroy any copyrighted material you were given. If it isn't done, all students in Canada will technically be criminals.
The Enabler Provision:
Section 27. (2.3) states: “It is an infringement of copyright for a person to provide, by means of the Internet or another digital network, a service that the person knows or should have known is designed primarily to enable acts of copyright infringement if an actual infringement of copyright occurs by means of the Internet or another digital network as a result of the use of that service.”
This is the provision which allows websites with pirated works, and websites with links to pirated works to be taken down SOPA style.
Edit: Here is a link to a list of all the committee members who are looking at this bill:http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6366/125/