Canada's New DMCA Considered Worst Copyright Law 234
loconet writes "The government of Canada is preparing to attempt to bring a new DMCA-modeled copyright law in Canada in order to comply with the WIPO treaties the country signed in 1997. (These treaties were also the base of the American DMCA.) The new Canadian law will be even more restrictive in nature than the American version and worse than the last Canadian copyright proposal, the defeated Bill C-60. Among the many restrictive clauses in this new law, as Michael Geist explains, is the total abolishment of the concept of fair use: 'No parody exception. No time shifting exception. No device shifting exception. No expanded backup provision. Nothing.' Geist provides a list of 30 things that can be done to address the issues."
Wait a minute... (Score:5, Funny)
Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
Blame Canada! Woohoo!
Re:Not news (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wait a minute... (Score:3, Funny)
The last straw (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not news (Score:5, Funny)
That was our excuse and I'm pretty sure we copyrighted it (or maybe we patented it, I get so confused these days). Give it back.
Besides, it doesn't work very well.
Address the issue (Score:3, Funny)
Do any of them involve the use of rubber chickens and a garrote?
Re:It used to be that Canada was the place to go.. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Parody (Score:5, Funny)
Does this mean Weird Al will be banned from performing in Canada?
Re:Wait a minute... (Score:1, Funny)
scratch that! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:A law without enforcement (Score:3, Funny)
"You really think someone will get charged that much for recording Canadian Idol on his VHS without the commercials for 15 weeks in a row?"
They'll obviously use the insanity defense.
Of course, if they make the jury watch all the evidence, the jury will vote for the death penalty - even though we don't have a death penalty.