Canada May Lose Copyright Fair-Use Rights

DotNM writes with an article from the CBC reporting that the Canadian government is considering removing fair-use rights from Canada's copyright law. From the article: "Exacerbating the situation is intense pressure from the United States, where Canada is considered a rogue when it comes to copyright and intellectual property. It still hasn't ratified a 1997 World Intellectual Property Organization copyright treaty... Two of the most controversial issues are [DRM] and the closely related technological protection measures."

Re:Fight..

[arth1]

US beer? They'd never accept!

Re:Fight..

[Rufty]

[Q] Why is American beer like sex in a canoe?
[A] They're both fucking close to water...

Re:Fight..

[peragrin]

wait since when did Canada have troops? I always figured you just sent a group of mounties out for those policing duties.

(I live an hour from the border, I know what you do and don't really have)

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[JustOK]

They made us get rid of the Avro Arrow, and now this???

Canadian Troop Deployment

[camperdave]

The majority of our troops are in Afghanistan. The third one is rowing the submarine.

Re:Canada PIRACY rate is Mexico at 65 percent

[Anonymous Coward]

These statistics are 110% correct.

Re:Fight..

[Dachannien]

You could also cut off the supply of your two greatest exports to the US: comedians and hockey players. We'd cave in about one season.

Re:Not going to pass without major amendments...

[dodongo]

For those that have no clue about Canada's current political situation

So in other words "Attention US Citizens:"

For more information, see here [www.cbc.ca].

Re:Canada PIRACY rate is Mexico at 65 percent

[x2A]

Yeah, but the other 112% are incorrect, which makes it nearly 87% more incorrect than blue.

Re:Fight..

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, most American gun nuts would already have difficulty distinguishing themselves from gorillas.

Re:pfft. war plan red?

[Dabido]

'you can betcher ass the canucks have something somewhere about invading the USA what would they call it I wonder...'

The NHL Draft.