As many of you know bill C61 is yet another attempt to undermine democratic Canadian consumer rights by profit-greedy commercial interest groups, they must not be allowed to steal or purchase your rights via the political backdoor.
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16885Bill C-61 is Canada’s answer to America’s corporate-inspired DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) which has been, and continues to be, responsible for more grief and misery for people who really care about music than any other piece of bought-and-paid-for US legislation.
“Ottawa law professor Dr Michael Geist continues to steam full speed ahead with his awesome 61 Reforms to C-61, as the DMCA-like copyright ‘revision’ is officially known,”
Federal industry misminister Jim Prentice earnestly hopes the bill will please his corporate supporters. You, the people who put him into power? You’re chopped liver.
Theres a great video that goes with this article
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6762rajpnQDont sit idle folks get active and start asking awkward questions and regularly, failure to do so will leave you bereft of your rights and self respect, talk about this bill with as many folks as you can and let them know who is stealing from them and how doing nothing will cost you all more in the long run. or would you like a new Canadian tax that ends up in corporate pockets ?
