And declining the “second read right”, isn’t something like this against “the law”? If no, it should, ’cause this is clearly not 100% legal and normal…

fight this bill now, dont sit back and hope that reason and common sense will prevail. sometimes it doesn’t.

Montebello…

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JT
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Im pissed off

The worst of the Bill is that it makes its balancing provisions irrelevant. The Bill basically says that technology trumps whatever rights consumers or competitors might have otherwise had. So the law no longer matters. People only have whatever rights content owners choose for them.

For instance, if the CD you’re now allowed to shift to your iPod is technologically locked down, then, well, you’re completely out of luck. Try to circumvent the access and copy controls, and the well-publicized provision to limit damages to $500 for non-commercial infringements no longer applies. You’re on the hook for up to $20,000 per infringement, which is actually $60,000 per song by the time you account for the composer, performer and record label. Multiply that by a dozen or so and you get a sense of the damage awards really possible if this Bill becomes law.

I’m going to show my support If there is a protest I’ll be there.

and riot police will just give the story a bigger push, that would not be in the best interests of the government

They have paid staff to deal with that.

flood them with snail mail also any letters to parliament hill do not require postage. and hard copy are hard to go unnoticed.

or we could set up a date to protest on the grounds in Ottawa with enough voting member knocking at their door they will have to take notice and won’t be able to just sweep it under the carpet.

I didn’t think my ISP could handle a 17 gig audio collection, but it will be one of many in the coming months.

Thanks Jimmy my boy, you’ve made my online theft that much more aggressive.

If somebody was really smart they’d setup an ISP in the Caribbean and target it specifically for North Americans. So now, even though you’re downloading & uploading using torrents or are directly downloading via usenet, your ISP is not Canadian! Thus they don’t have to comply to Canadian or U.S. Internet laws!

I say good-bye Canada, welcome to the Caribbean islands!

These are dangerous times people, anyone heard of the domino effect?

I have done nothing wrong by downloading TV shows like Law & Order once they’ve aired! This law means that if you want to record TV shows for your own private library, you must download shows directly from your own VCR or DVD recordable player! This law makes it illegal for me to download episodes of already aired TV shows! I understand if it’s a huge show like Lost and somehow future unaired episodes have been leaked to public torrent sites. The producers have put alot of money into each episode but once it’s aired on TV, why can’t I download the episode?

The bill is not passed yet, so torrents are still legal, although barely if you look at how Bell & Rogers are throttling BT trafic. If this bill passes and the CRTC allows continued throttling, they will step by step eliminate all P2P so the only option are their own for-profit download systems, digital cable or satelite TV.

Further, this bill is about much more than just downloading, it is about how we use what we already own! This bill would allow content distributors to dictate what we can and can’t do with our digital files, criminalizing millions of Canadians in the process. It’s hard to see it as enforceable, but it’s just like the Conservatives to try.

I’m with # 80 on this one, looking to support the producers who have chosen to distribute freely. It’s not to say that liberating the for-profit content isn’t a worthy act, but also we must elevate those who are already on our side!

http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=2333919&Language=e&Mode=1&File=27

CCER will even mail a hard copy of your letter for you on your behalf.

I don’t live in Canada but based on other comments on the fine print, its alot more than $500/song.
Its $500 a song for starters, and more for “breaking DRM”, or other things.

Sadly I live in the USA (where the ratio of lobbyists to representatives are almost 60:1….)

Just FYI.

Free stuff is great while it last, but don’t expect it forever. That’s just naive.

Grow up and pay for your music bitches, like you have to for everything else. It’s called capitalism. Get used to it, crybabies.

Don’t worry, it’s not like they already locked down our hardware and software, and are in the process of locking down the WEB and making it a pay-per-view service only offering access to a few selected commercial sites.

Oh wait, it’s exactly like that.

We’re boned indeed.

And for those of you thinking this will never pass.

I said the same thing about the anti-camming laws, and they did. I said the same thing about the secret deal to allow us troops to operate on canadian soil and vice versa, and it was signed.

You’ve got to get out of the mindset that makes you think the government gives 2 shits about you, or our country, they don’t.

As long as the US and Canada are major trading partners, our government will always cave in to US demands.

This is the sole reason the decriminalization of marijuana bill was left out to die. Just like this case, the people showed their support for it, and the government ignored us as usual and did whatever Paul Martin’s little pea-sized brain told him.

Now we’ve got Stephen ‘haven’t seen me in public since the election’ Harper blowing off any US government agent that comes (pardon the pun) his way.

It’s sickening, demand action. Stop the SPP, stop Internet2.0 and for the love of god, stop the Canadian DMCA

It is my way of boycotting the industry in a way. A way to prove a point.

If these harsh and unrealistic copyright laws come into effect I will find artists who are lesser known, who are out on their own not associated with the recording or motion picture industries. I will listen to radio instead. I will find other sources.

The industries do not understand that they need us. They need consumers to purchase their wares in order to stay viable. When will they get it through their heads that we will pay for content. Even if it is over priced at times. But WE WANT THAT CONTENT ON OUR TERMS. No we don’t intend to sell it or profit from it illegally. We want to take it with us. Back up something we have invested so much time and money into. We want to rebuild a list of our favorite songs.

Having said that I believe there is a long hard fight ahead of us where copyrights are concerned. If it comes down to it I will just stop buying what they are selling.