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The Growing Movement for Copyright Reform

Started by TLF · 7 months ago

Mike Masnick notes that a grassroots coalition seems to have killed Canada’s version of the DMCA. Of course, legislation backed by powerful interest groups is never dead for good, but for now, it looks like Canada will be DMCA-free for the foreseeable future.
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  • Don Marti

    7 months ago

    Encouraging, but how much of it has to do with a country's balance of copyright payments -- whether it's a net licensor or licensee?
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  • JohnMcDonald

    7 months ago

    Public opinion...What's that have to do with anything? ;)

    I mean, Will it even matter when the copyright holders have millions & billions worth of that rent and they're willing to share it with the politicians and parties that serve their interests? I don't find much sympathy for the "poor" (freaking rich) IP owners, and people are even starting to realize that it isn't the authors, artists, and scientists that own their own works.

    This hasn't slowed down government enforcement of such absurd laws, it has accelerated them. They wouldn't need such harsh laws if public opinion was as compliant as it used to be - the laws are a symptom of that shift in public views. /cynical
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  • Tom Sydnor

    7 months ago

    The first comment is spot-on: At least as to the United States, Canada is a net importer of expressive works with a notoriously defective media-levy system. Naturally, Messrs. Masnick and Lee declined to confront these realities.

    --Tom Sydnor
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