Other - Copyright Bill C-32 Canadian DMCA Arrives Again
Posted by blaze247 - Posted on Thursday, June 03, 2010 @ 14:14:45 MST
From the live stream CBC providedhttp://cbc.ca/video/
The Bill can be found online here.
On June 2, 2010 at 3:30 p.m. EST Canadian Industry Minister Tony Clement and Heritage Minister James Moore presented Bill C-32 the
Copyright Modernization Act. This will be the third time the Canadian government has tried to pass copyright legislation in order to modernize Canada's laws. Advocates from all sides of the debate called for a balanced, fair, technologically neutral copyright bill during the copyright consultation which took place last summer. Over 8000 people submitted their opinions to that copyright consultation and it was left up to the ministers how to best strike a balance between stakeholders with a wide range of opinions.
How did this process turn out ? Well it appears the proposed bill contains quite the list of changes, I'd like to voice my opinion on a few of the good and bad parts. I'm certainly no expert which is why more in depth articles are linked below.
Thumbs Up:
1)time/format shifting permissable
2) remixing for non commercial purposes (so called "youtube" provision)
3) educational provisions
4) differentiating non-commercial from commercial infringement in terms of damages
5) backups permissable
6) unlocked cell phones legal as long as it's not against your providers contract
7) parody and satire included in fair dealing.
Thumbs Down:
1) Everything above including rights granted to journalists for use of copyright material in news reporting, is trumped by any form of digital lock (reffered to as TPM, or DRM).
2) So called "enablers" of copyright infringement could face stiff penalties.
"It is an infringement of copyright for a person to provide," (I guess I better turn down the volume on my tv now)
3) The industry minister claims technological neutrality is in this bill while protecting outdated business models by enshrining current technological protection measures into law.
It's expected their will be heated debate over this bill, some neo-copyright groups are already crying foul over the ability to legally use a PVR. My hope is that if this bill makes it into law, at the very least MPs will fight for non-commercial circumvention of digital locks, otherwise locks will be placed on everything and all the rights afforded to consumers in this new bill will disappear. Read here about how Activision used DRM to try and screw me into buying another copy of a game that I already owned. This will be a regular occurence should this bill remain intact and pass.
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