Last Chance To Stop SOPA From Coming To Canada 86
An anonymous reader writes "This weekend may be the last chance for Canadians to fight back against SOPA-style laws being added to Canadian copyright law, with the final hearing scheduled for Monday. In recent days, the copyright lobby has demanded website blocking, warrantless access to subscriber information, and unlimited damage awards. Michael Geist has the details on who to contact and Open Media has launched a campaign to encourage Canadians to speak out before Monday's Bill C-11 meeting. The group makes it easy to speak out against SOPA style reforms, harms to fair dealing, and unduly restrictive digital lock rules."
Re:Eh (Score:5, Insightful)
First, they came for the Canadians, but I did not speak up because I am not Canadian...
Ah, you think you can stop it! (Score:1, Insightful)
That's so cute, you believe you are part of the political process, and that the elected aristocrats actually have a reason to answer to you.
Nope, not even in Canada.
I still have a right to make backups (Score:5, Insightful)
If the DMCA clauses pass, I'll still have a right to make backups. It'll be harder to get the software for ripping, but it won't slow me down in the least, or worry me at all.
What it will do is encourage me to torrent download like a fiend to save the hassle of ripping and encoding my own DVDs for access via media server.
Zero chance of stopping it (Score:5, Insightful)
Canada has been taken over by a radical bunch of neo-cons. They have committed innumerable acts of election fraud in what has been effectively a coup.
This SOPA-like shit is nothing in the grander scale of things.
Now is Canada's time to shed some blood to refresh the tree of liberty in this country. An unimaginable change from a mere 10 years ago when we complained about the other party in government kowtowing to corporate wishes.
Watch for the con-bots to appear claiming that they're the victim in this somehow. Or how John Doe got a speeding ticket, con-bots murdered someone, so everyone's a criminal, blah blah blah.
Fuck, it makes me sick thinking about what's happened to this country. Honestly fucking want to puke.
Re:Stupid (Score:5, Insightful)
That's not an excuse. It's subjecting Canada to the same problems as we have with US laws.
Do not allow this madness the continue (Score:5, Insightful)
The main problem is that every time a country adopts stupid laws like this, it becomes easier to pass it in other countries too.
So please, Canada, make sure this law won't pass. This law isn't a threat just to you, it's a threat to the whole world.
Fuck the conservatives. (Score:5, Insightful)
I think C-11 is an absolutely horrible bill.
- It allows warrantless monitoring of a person's internet activity, which is an inexcusable invasion of privacy.
- According to a law professor I've spoken to, it makes warrantless monitoring of my telephone legal since I'm using a VOIP telephone system provided by the cable company, and VOIP is just extra internet traffic. This is despite the fact that warrantless monitoring of a landline is highly illegal.
- Oh, and if I burn a copy of a DVD I own, I've broken a digital lock and I'm now I'm potentially liable for unlimited damages. They were nice enough to add a backup provision to C-11, except it's not applicable if you're breaking a digital lock.
Not to mention the fact it's being thrust on us by a majority government that got less than 50% of the overall vote at election time, may not actually have a legitimate majority thanks to the ongoing robocall scandal... and the whole fucking bill is being pushed on us with "support it or you're with the pedophiles" bullshit.
And here's what I've done about it:
- I've written my local (Conservative) MP about the bill, and got a template reply. Wrote back again, no response.
- I wrote a former (NDP) MP in my previous district, and got back a really great "100% with you on this, but unfortunately they've got a majority so all we can do is whine and complain in the house" e-mail.
What the frig else should I do?
Re:Eh (Score:5, Insightful)
It will be fun when our Amerifag P.M. says "hey BushBamaRomney our prisons are generating record profits thanks to SOPA", and this whole mess gets re-shoved down American citizens' throats, only this time without a last-minute reversal.
See, the funny thing about Canada is our fascist assclown of a fraudulently-elected leader likes to think of us as a beta 51st state. Whatever works here will serve as a case study for the U.S. administration, so your fascist assclowns can go live with the new and improved version of NeoConOS 2.0. Just as we carefully observe U.S. politics, you should be monitoring Canadian politics because they are very closely related on an ideological level.
Re:Harper's in Office (Score:5, Insightful)
This.
He must be stopped. And by stopped I mean thrown in prison. And by prison I mean not one of the for-profit prisons he's established. And by established I mean sold to private interests. And by private interests I mean his cronies.
He is George W. Bush with slightly better english diction.
So many things wrong with this (Score:4, Insightful)
Before I get modded down, I just want to know that Truth is the first casualty in this war. Here are some facts:
- This is NOT the last chance to get Bill C-10 from getting to Canada, it has to go through the Senate (You screwed this up once Senate, don't screw it again). If they change even a word, it must go back to the House of Commons and start over.
- Online surveillance is NOT in Bill C-10, it's in Bill C-30 (I don't that bill either)
- This ISN'T SOPA, it's DMCA (annoying...)
- No, Anonymous wouldn't help this situation, since they tried to pressure Vic Toews on Bill C-30, and now they have an excuse to ram it through. Don't do it for Bill C - 11.