p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The government has now completed posting all the submissions it received during the copyright consultation, says Michael Geist .
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Speaking of ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), it’s “made it to the floor of the House of Commons yesterday,” blogs Michael Geist . NDPÂ digital media spokesman MP Charlie Angus “raised concerns about the agreement, the lack of transparency, and questions about whether the recent copyright consultation was little more than theatre given the prospect that ACTA will decide what Canadian copyright law ultimately looks like,” says Geist, going on >>> Industry Minister Tony Clement responded by arguing that the ACTA is not law in Canada, stating that it is “subservient” to domestic law.
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p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Has Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music’s CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association of America) shot itself in the groin? MiniNova has “abandoned its traditional indexing service , now working only with Content Distribution,” p2pnet posted yesterday.
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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The current round of ACTA negotiations wrap up later today in Seoul, Korea. Having spent the first day focused on the now-leaked Internet provisions and the second day on the leaked criminal provisions, negotiators will spend this morning discussing whether they should make the draft treaty public. Many countries continue to face pressure on the transparency issue, with KEI posting a public letter to U.S. President Barack Obama this week on the issue.
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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The prayers of the Liberals have been answered! Well, kind of.
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p2pnet news view P2P:- Michael Geist is at the same time Canada Research chair in internet and e-commerce law at the University of Ottawa, and Canada’s foremost online reporter of government chicanery when it comes to internet affairs.
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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- With the Industry Committee now scheduled to contact its final clause-by-clause review of Bill C-27 on Wednesday , sources in the Liberal Party advise that its MPs plan to withdraw several controversial copyright lobby-inspired amendments to the computer program and spyware provisions. Since first reported on Friday, thousands of emails and letters protesting the proposals have been sent to Industry committee MPs from all parties
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p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- “If we don’t control it, file sharing will destroy the music business !!!” Then »»» Gut me with a spoon! This new technology [blank tapes] makes it easy for anyone to duplicate music taking money away from artists and companies who invest in artists!!! Soon there’ll be no new music … Then VCRs »»» Soon there’ll be no new movies … Same same for photocopiers in the 60s »»» Soon there’ll be no new books … CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes as a satirical take on the not-satirical Canadian copyright reform farce as the show explores the “historical struggle between technology and the content industry,” says a YouTube video posted by Michael Geist’s Fair Copyright For Canada . The 22 Minutes show was aired yesterday. Here’s the clip.
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p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- The Electronic Commerce Protection Act, “comes to a conclusion in committee on Monday as MPs conduct their ‘clause by clause’ review,” blogs Michael Geist . He says he’s previously written about lobbying pressure to water down the legislation, “aided and abetted by the Liberal and Bloc MPs on the committee,” and the CMA’s, “ recent effort to create a huge loophole
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p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- “Man, if these yahoos set out to destroy the public’s faith in copyright, they could not do a better job than they’re doing now.” That’s Cory Doctorow on BoingBoing . The ‘yahoos’ are the people at Access Copyright. But do the members of the public who even know what copyright is have faith in it?
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