Canada's Music Lobby Buys Government Access 158
An anonymous reader writes "Copyfighting law professor Michael Geist, who previously uncovered financial links between recording industry lobbyists and Canada's Minister of Canadian Heritage Bev Oda (who is responsible for copyright policy), has now identified what big cash donations will get you. He reports that Oda met with the President of the Canadian Recording Industry Association on a monthly basis last year just as the government was preparing copyright reform legislation and Canadian artists were calling for an end to P2P lawsuits. Is it any wonder that Canadians seem likely to lose
their fair use rights?"
Dam, I voted for her too... (Score:5, Informative)
The CRIA is not a Canadian organization (Score:5, Informative)
Re:duh (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Dam, I voted for her too... (Score:3, Informative)
Same Minister responsible for Net Neutrality (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Canadians: What to do about it. (Score:2, Informative)
Not a Partisan Issue (Score:4, Informative)
They were correct for modding you flamebait for an anti-Conservative tirade. This is not a partisan issue. Bev Oda's predecessor in Paul Martin's Liberal government Sam Bulte [wikipedia.org] was just as guilty of accepting money from the music lobby. [michaelgeist.ca] The content industry will throw money at whoever they think can deliver copyright "reform", regardless of what party represent.
Re:Well....... (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Sometimes I hate living in America Jr. (Score:3, Informative)
You cannot get a job as a civil servant unless you speak French, even if it's a job where no French is required. It is very difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get government forms in any language but French, despite the large English population. If you are an English family, you must send your kids to a French school, unless you went to an English school in Quebec as a child.
It goes on...
Quebec supports rights, my ass!
Re:It's all government, not just USA/Canada (Score:4, Informative)
Really? A lot of people don't realize that The Corporation [imdb.com] was a Canadian documentary. I think most of that is a consequence of the WTO which we are a part of as well.