{"id":1269,"date":"2008-06-20T23:20:09","date_gmt":"2008-06-21T03:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2008-06-20T23:21:55","modified_gmt":"2008-06-21T03:21:55","slug":"still-more-can-dmca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/20\/still-more-can-dmca\/","title":{"rendered":"Still More CAN-DMCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my continuing effort to remake this blog into the &#8220;all Canadian copyright, all the time&#8221; blog<footnote>No, not really&#8211;it&#8217;s just that between pushing our release to GM (FINALLY), being a single parent while Trish is doing research in Ontario, and Mario Kart, it just feels that way.<\/footnote>, here are some links to the latest info:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since the legislation was introduced, there has been quite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgeist.ca\/content\/view\/3031\/125\/\">the protest surge<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgeist.ca\/index.php\">Michael Geist<\/a> ran a five part series this week trying to outline real world scenarios that illustrate what kind of problems this legislation would cause in our day to day lives. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgeist.ca\/content\/view\/3041\/125\/\">Part One<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgeist.ca\/content\/view\/3046\/125\/\">Part Two<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgeist.ca\/content\/view\/3049\/125\/\">Part Three<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgeist.ca\/content\/view\/3072\/125\/\">Part Four<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgeist.ca\/content\/view\/3076\/125\/\">Part Five<\/a>. All are worth reading.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re tired of Geist, how about a different law Professor. <a href=\"www.jeremydebeer.ca\">Jeremy deBeer<\/a> is a law professor at the University of Ottawa, and he actually gets modern technology. You can see him <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20080613.wgtcopyrightchat0613\/BNStory\/Technology\/home\/?pageRequested=all\">answer questions about this proposed law from readers at the Globe &#038; Mail<\/a>&#8211;lots of good stuff in there. Or you can read his piece in the National Post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpost.com\/todays_paper\/story.html?id=590280&#038;p=2\">Canada&#8217;s new copyright bill: More spin than &#8216;win-win&#8217;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=19A75Whtv-E\">Prentice introduce the bill<\/a>, and see some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nbcqRLV7tGg\">immediate<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TPu_mVZDkvY\">reaction<\/a>. (Note, putting this on YouTube would be more illegal if the bill passes, ironically.)<\/li>\n<li>Here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V7TsDZGCjqs\">see the BNN analysis<\/a>, which includes responses from the above mentioned Professor deBeer. What really galls me about the &#8220;pro&#8221; commentator&#8211;Sookman&#8211;here is that he does a very U.S.-style &#8220;repeat the talking points&#8221; presentation without any reference to reality. He repeats the lie that we didn&#8217;t previously have the right to put music we had purchase on CD onto an iPod, and that using a DVR to timeshift TV is currently illegal&#8211;it&#8217;s like he doesn&#8217;t want Canadians to even acknowledge the existence of &#8220;fair use&#8221;\/&#8221;fair dealing&#8221; rights. The he goes on to say that no company would ever use digital locks to try to restrict the customers, because &#8220;the market would take care of that&#8221;&#8211;hasn&#8217;t he paid attention to the last decade in the US? Then he says no company would ever try to sue individuals&#8211;again, hasn&#8217;t he been watching what&#8217;s happened in the US? And then there&#8217;s that bit about how there are some business models that don&#8217;t work without this kind of law&#8211;as if the whole point of legislation is sustaining outmoded business models, not about serving the interests of the Canadian people. Sigh.<\/li>\n<li>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TOTtnAUavDc\">Charlie go after Prentice in Question Period<\/a>. Note again how Prentice ignore the actual questions and just hits his talking points over and over. Apparently the text of the legislation isn&#8217;t the only thing he picked up from his American friends.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m still unsure whether Prentice is fully evil, or just a kind of dumb guy who doesn&#8217;t really understand what he&#8217;s legislating. When the people from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/searchengine\/blog\/2008\/06\/jim_prentice_unlocked_the_sear.html#more\">Search Engine finally got him on the phone for a ten minute interview<\/a> (Prentice hangs up mid-interview when it becomes apparent he doesn&#8217;t like the way the questions are going, with a lame &#8220;gotta go to Cabinet&#8221; excuse&#8211;he then refuses a followup) he repeats some of the lies above&#8211;like &#8220;copy-protection is not the norm&#8221;, &#8220;no company would do this&#8221;, &#8220;the market will take care of it&#8221;, etc. When asked about very simple scenarios he dodges the questions, and dismisses them as &#8220;arcane&#8221; or &#8220;very technical&#8221;. He also seems confused about exactly what his legislation says&#8211;I wonder if he&#8217;s even read what the RIAA passed him.<\/li>\n<li>OK, maybe that was a bit too much&#8211;but there&#8217;s no question that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgeist.ca\/content\/view\/3037\/159\/\">this legislation was driven by US interests<\/a>. That just makes the whole &#8220;made in Canada solution&#8221; talking point more evil. I guess they&#8217;re hoping if they say it enough times people will just start to believe it.<\/li>\n<li>They may be underestimating the Canadian media, though. We&#8217;re a bit less likely to just repeat the points. Some examples of what the various editorial pages are saying (sadly <a href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/Canada\/1061830.html\">the local paper<\/a> just runs a CP he-said-she-said piece, as does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metronews.ca\/halifax\/Canada\/article\/68203\">the other &#8220;local&#8221;<\/a>):\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20080619.wgtwebseven0620\/BNStory\/Technology\/home\">Globe &#038; Mail: Copyright cock-up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/vancouversun\/news\/editorial\/story.html?id=982329d9-f5d2-4984-8ac9-6f927abf489a&#038;p=1\">Vancouver Sun: The beat will go on despite the federal Conservatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/calgaryherald\/news\/story.html?id=4564a92a-a437-42d9-8688-dd16f501144d&#038;p=1\">Calgary Herald: Copyright law would turn millions into criminals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/langleyadvance\/news\/opinion\/story.html?id=8a82ffcf-2426-4be9-b7c0-1f5e15dd93b6\">Langley Advance: Copyright bill makes us crooks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/reginaleaderpost\/columnists\/story.html?id=26ce01a1-95b7-4188-b8c2-056dfc9813e7\">Regina Leader-Post: New law will make it hard to live in the past<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/comment\/article\/445688\">Toronto Star: Not all sides are represented in debate on copyright bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/vancouversun\/news\/editorial\/story.html?id=a7d91d52-cf59-4d9f-88ee-38f702c10c42\">Vancouver Sun: &#8216;Win-win&#8217; Copyright Act still has plenty of losers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/ottawacitizen\/news\/editorials\/story.html?id=9eb28032-6a93-4f6f-8cb0-4ae21bedd40e\">Ottawa Citizen: Questions about copying<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.owensoundsuntimes.com\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1076233&#038;auth=OSPREY+NEWS+NETWORK\">Owen Sound Sun-Times: Is Big Brother getting a boost?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.princegeorgecitizen.com\/20080615136735\/opinion\/editorials\/copyright-law-heavy-handed.html\">Prince George Citizen: Copyright law heavy-handed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesudburystar.com\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1074217&#038;auth=THE+ST.+CATHERINES+STANDARD\">Sudbury Star: MP3 legislation makes too many criminals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/nanaimodailynews\/news\/opinion\/story.html?id=e5f22132-bf98-43b3-a1b7-632b1fbec19d\">Nanaimo Daily News: Government copyright bill not enforceable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/victoriatimescolonist\/news\/comment\/story.html?id=ca091559-646a-475e-b7a1-7cbdfebd0c3a&#038;p=1\">Victoria Times-Colonist: Made-in-America copyright law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wellandtribune.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1076672\">Wellland Tribune: Target file-sharing sites<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brantfordexpositor.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1073503\">Brantford Expositor: Digital copyright and law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brantfordexpositor.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1075863&#038;auth=ST.+CATHARINES+STANDARD\">Brantford Expositor: Big Brother eyes MP3 players<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhig.com\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1077886&#038;auth=ST.+CATHARINES+STANDARD\">Kingston Whig-Standard: Big Brother Will Be Watching<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>And it&#8217;s not just the op-ed pages, of course. There are some public interest groups (remember&#8211;the ones Prentice refused to consult with before drafting his legislation) as well:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cla.ca\/AM\/Template.cfm?Section=News1&#038;TEMPLATE=\/CM\/ContentDisplay.cfm&#038;CONTENTID=5374\">Canadian Library Association: Canadian Library Association Disappointed, Concerned with New Copyright Legislation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/comment\/article\/445681\">Documentary Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cautbulletin.ca\/en_article.asp?articleid=2471\">Canadian Association Of University Teachers:New Copyright Bill Harms Educators and Researchers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfs-fcee.ca\/html\/english\/media\/mediapage.php?release_id=938\">Canadian Federation Of Students: Students Condemn U.S.-Style Copyright Legislation <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musiccreators.ca\/wp\/?page_id=6\">Canadian Music Creator&#8217;s Coalition: Copyright Reform Bill Doesn\u2019t Help Canadian Artists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.creatorscopyright.ca\/op-ed\/2008-06-17\/straw-in-the-wind-the-mindset-behind-c-61\">Creator&#8217;s Copyright Coalition: Straw in the wind: the mindset behind C-61<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The sad truth, though: I can&#8217;t see the government falling over copyright. All the opposition parties have shown they will cave to Harper, even in a minority, if he&#8217;s willing the play chicken with them. Sigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">In my continuing effort to remake this blog into the &#8220;all Canadian copyright, all the time&#8221; blogNo, not really&#8211;it&#8217;s just that between pushing our release to GM (FINALLY), being a single parent while Trish is doing research in Ontario, and Mario Kart, it just feels that way., here are some links to the latest info: Since the legislation was introduced,&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/20\/still-more-can-dmca\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[44,283,134,135,43],"class_list":["post-1269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","tag-canadian-law","tag-copyright","tag-dmca","tag-freedom","tag-p2p","xfolkentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5UQvw-kt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}