Canadians Against Bill C-61
Target:
To the House of Commons in Parliament Assembled
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Industry Minister Jim Prentice and Canadian Heritage Minister Josee Verner introduced Bill C-61 %u2013 the Canadian DMCA %u2013 earlier this morning. It is apparent that the worst fears of thousands of Canadians - over 42,000 as of this date on this group alone - have been realized. If enacted, the Canadian DMCA will leave Canada with one of the most restrictive copyright laws for the digital environment in the world. Far from providing assistance to the digital marketplace, this law will have a stifling effect on creativity, innovation, consumer rights, and free speech in Canada.
Industry Minister Jim Prentice and Canadian Heritage Minister Josee Verner introduced Bill C-61 %u2013 the Canadian DMCA %u2013 earlier this morning. It is apparent that the worst fears of thousands of Canadians - over 42,000 as of this date on this group alone - have been realized. If enacted, the Canadian DMCA will leave Canada with one of the most restrictive copyright laws for the digital environment in the world. Far from providing assistance to the digital marketplace, this law will have a stifling effect on creativity, innovation, consumer rights, and free speech in Canada.
We, the undersigned residents of Canada draw attention of the House to the following:
THAT the Copyright Act is properly recognised as being a careful balance between the rights of creators and the rights of the public (including viewers, readers and listeners);
THAT the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously affirmed this view in CCH Canadian Ltd v Law Society of Upper Canada;
THAT digital technologies have recently given copyright holders the ability to upset the balance in the Copyright Act by preventing Canadians from accessing works for purposes that have been legally granted to them;
THAT the creation of original works is nourished by wide accessibility of earlier works, including a vibrant public domain;
THAT dissemination of cultural ideas requires that they be preserved in a form that is accessible to future generations; and
THAT historically consultations regarding changes to the Copyright Act have mostly taken place with creators, intermediaries and only some special users (such as educators and librarians)
THEREFORE, your petitioners call upon Parliament to ensure generally that users are recognised as interested parties and are meaningfully consulted about proposed changes to the Copyright Act and to ensure in particular that any changes at least preserve all existing users' rights, including the right to use copyrighted materials under Fair Dealing and the right to make private copies of audio recordings. We further call upon Parliament not to extend the term of copyright; and to recognise the right of citizens to personally control their own communication devices.
We signed the "Canadians Against Bill C-61" petition!
# 451:
1:36 pm PDT, Aug 12,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 450:
9:59 pm PDT, Aug 11,
Chris Ghersinich, Canada
i should be able to circumvent any form of DRM on things that i have purchased as there should be no DRM in the first place. The people who are going to distribute the media are going to do it one way or another. So legitimate consumers with legitimate reasons should not be punished for the actions of a few.
i should be able to circumvent any form of DRM on things that i have purchased as there should be no DRM in the first place. The people who are going to distribute the media are going to do it one way or another. So legitimate consumers with legitimate reasons should not be punished for the actions of a few.
# 449:
5:25 pm PDT, Aug 10,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 448:
12:47 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Scott Richardson, Canada
This bill allows the Federal Heritage Department freedom to deny funding for TV shows and movies it considers offensive or "contrary to the public interest". This is too much power for the government to have. It is morally offensive for it is censorship. Federal Funding is the bloodline for the canadian film industry. Films are expensive to make and the banks are not going to waist their money on projects that might not make enough money. This is going to discourage filmmakers from filming in canada, which is bad news for Toronto and Calgary(The mayors realize this and are worried sick). A filmmaker should have the right to make his film, even if it does offend some people. Let me give the government some advice "If they don't like it, don't watch it." Besides when a film sparks controversy, no one looks Besides, who are they do decide? what is "Contrary to public interest". This bill is as contrary to the interest of the canadian public as it can get. They said it is aimed for "Pornography" and "Hate filled movies" but I don't see anything in the bill about sex or violence or bigotry.
This bill allows the Federal Heritage Department freedom to deny funding for TV shows and movies it considers offensive or "contrary to the public interest". This is too much power for the government to have. It is morally offensive for it is censorship. Federal Funding is the bloodline for the canadian film industry. Films are expensive to make and the banks are not going to waist their money on projects that might not make enough money. This is going to discourage filmmakers from filming in canada, which is bad news for Toronto and Calgary(The mayors realize this and are worried sick). A filmmaker should have the right to make his film, even if it does offend some people. Let me give the government some advice "If they don't like it, don't watch it." Besides when a film sparks controversy, no one looks Besides, who are they do decide? what is "Contrary to public interest". This bill is as contrary to the interest of the canadian public as it can get. They said it is aimed for "Pornography" and "Hate filled movies" but I don't see anything in the bill about sex or violence or bigotry.
# 447:
11:06 am PDT, Aug 6,
Keith White, Canada
# 446:
11:54 am PDT, Aug 5,
B Kuropatwa, Canada
# 445:
9:22 am PDT, Aug 5,
S. Davis, Canada
# 444:
6:07 pm PDT, Aug 4,
Alessandro Bonvicini, Canada
There are more important issue to take care about. Why waste time and money for a Bill that does not have any reasonable need and importance rasing the suspect that it is only for the benefit of large corporations and not for the everyday consumer alias the people.
There are more important issue to take care about. Why waste time and money for a Bill that does not have any reasonable need and importance rasing the suspect that it is only for the benefit of large corporations and not for the everyday consumer alias the people.
# 443:
1:16 pm PDT, Aug 4,
Adam Cochran, Canada
# 442:
10:49 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Ross Halliday, Canada
# 441:
6:46 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Amy Hammerstedt, Canada
Piracy is bad, but this bill is even worse.
Piracy is bad, but this bill is even worse.
# 440:
4:43 pm PDT, Aug 3,
David Fragione, Canada
# 439:
4:08 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Ten Vuong, Canada
# 438:
7:07 am PDT, Jul 31,
Sarah Kernohan, Canada
# 437:
6:13 pm PDT, Jul 28,
Eric Wu, Canada
Good Intentions. Wrong Method. One Question. How are you going to enforce it? By charging every other individual every other day? Good luck :) Actually, that was two questions.
Good Intentions. Wrong Method. One Question. How are you going to enforce it? By charging every other individual every other day? Good luck :) Actually, that was two questions.
# 436:
7:58 pm PDT, Jul 21,
Adam Lewis, Canada
# 435:
1:16 pm PDT, Jul 18,
Johnnie Wilband, Canada
# 434:
6:18 am PDT, Jul 16,
Leland Siemens, Canada
Something needs to be done yes... but this is definately not it. Nobody is denying the fact that artists need to make a living, need to be payed for their work. But this law.. is an uninformed, uneducated, GROSS implementation of a money grab scheme introduced by americans, with american interests. Try again...
Something needs to be done yes... but this is definately not it. Nobody is denying the fact that artists need to make a living, need to be payed for their work. But this law.. is an uninformed, uneducated, GROSS implementation of a money grab scheme introduced by americans, with american interests. Try again...
# 433:
12:43 pm PDT, Jul 15,
Tyler Campbell, Canada
# 432:
11:30 am PDT, Jul 15,
Phillip St-Laurent, Canada
# 431:
1:09 am PDT, Jul 14,
Anas Aman, Canada
# 430:
7:10 pm PDT, Jul 12,
Phil Groh, Canada
If Canada makes it illegal to download, then artists that are not well off in the world financially will have a much more difficult time honing their skills to become the best they can be. The very few wealthy canadians will have access to the most high end software, crippling the creativity in the majority of the artists in Canada. Nobody has any right to take away anybody's freedoms, even on the internet. Downloading is not hurting anyone except corporations who survive off the blood and agony of all those too poor to afford their hardware. Even tablature for guitarists should be freely available in order to learn songs, to help them better learn scales, chord progressions and how everythign in music works together. Everyone benefits from the free nature of the internet, everyone loses when it's all made illegal and available only to those rich enough to afford it.
If Canada makes it illegal to download, then artists that are not well off in the world financially will have a much more difficult time honing their skills to become the best they can be. The very few wealthy canadians will have access to the most high end software, crippling the creativity in the majority of the artists in Canada. Nobody has any right to take away anybody's freedoms, even on the internet. Downloading is not hurting anyone except corporations who survive off the blood and agony of all those too poor to afford their hardware. Even tablature for guitarists should be freely available in order to learn songs, to help them better learn scales, chord progressions and how everythign in music works together. Everyone benefits from the free nature of the internet, everyone loses when it's all made illegal and available only to those rich enough to afford it.
# 429:
1:29 pm PDT, Jul 12,
J Sever, Canada
This bill is nothing short of outrageous. It would mean that if I signed a contract with a cell phone provider, at the end of my term I would not be able to unlock my own phone, which was a legally purchased piece of hardware. In effect, my phone would in essence become the property of the provider I originally signed with, only usable on their network. This is absolutely and completely insane. If this bill passes I will NEVER vote conservative again, and convince everyone I know to do the same.
This bill is nothing short of outrageous. It would mean that if I signed a contract with a cell phone provider, at the end of my term I would not be able to unlock my own phone, which was a legally purchased piece of hardware. In effect, my phone would in essence become the property of the provider I originally signed with, only usable on their network. This is absolutely and completely insane. If this bill passes I will NEVER vote conservative again, and convince everyone I know to do the same.
# 428:
12:49 pm PDT, Jul 12,
Roan Cooney, Canada
This bill, will cause the arresting of Canadian citizens where they would have otherwise been left alone. We will be stripped of our freedom, and the anger of many, many citizens. All of my friends i have are strongly against this bill, and i can easily foresee a mass movement towards a loss of votes for the government who votes for this bill.
This bill, will cause the arresting of Canadian citizens where they would have otherwise been left alone. We will be stripped of our freedom, and the anger of many, many citizens. All of my friends i have are strongly against this bill, and i can easily foresee a mass movement towards a loss of votes for the government who votes for this bill.
# 427:
5:46 am PDT, Jul 12,
Ted Keay, Canada
# 426:
9:30 pm PDT, Jul 11,
Name not displayed, Canada
I have an entire circle of friends that comes together through music, when we play music together, we are not trying to say something definitive, we play to bring people together and make them feel a certain way. To see some fake, completely unnatural force such as a government enforce such constrictive rules on such a natural, beautiful thing such as music really disappoints me. If you don't know already, check out the movie Zeitgiest online for free, remember your life has value. It might wake you up to some important things about how governments are making you feel and believe falsehoods.
I have an entire circle of friends that comes together through music, when we play music together, we are not trying to say something definitive, we play to bring people together and make them feel a certain way. To see some fake, completely unnatural force such as a government enforce such constrictive rules on such a natural, beautiful thing such as music really disappoints me. If you don't know already, check out the movie Zeitgiest online for free, remember your life has value. It might wake you up to some important things about how governments are making you feel and believe falsehoods.
# 425:
8:36 pm PDT, Jul 11,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 424:
1:25 pm PDT, Jul 10,
Brett Thalmann, Canada
# 423:
10:18 am PDT, Jul 10,
Augustin Edmond Paar, Canada
If bill C-61 is allowed to pass it will basically make criminals out of all the Linux geeks. You will not be able to view a legally purchsed DVD on a Linux machine because of the anti DRM circumvention. The Canandian governement should embrace FOSS (Free Open Source Software) rather than ciminalize it's use. They are giving in to big business once again (Micro$oft included)
If bill C-61 is allowed to pass it will basically make criminals out of all the Linux geeks. You will not be able to view a legally purchsed DVD on a Linux machine because of the anti DRM circumvention. The Canandian governement should embrace FOSS (Free Open Source Software) rather than ciminalize it's use. They are giving in to big business once again (Micro$oft included)
# 422:
3:58 am PDT, Jul 9,
Jason Pitre, Canada
# 421:
11:35 pm PDT, Jul 8,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 420:
8:23 pm PDT, Jul 8,
Brad Stolte, Canada
This law represents another attack on personal freedom. Users are against it, artists are against it, the only people who support it are those who profit from an outdated and obsolete business, and and politicians who favor any law that gives them more control by reducing the rights of the citizen.
This law represents another attack on personal freedom. Users are against it, artists are against it, the only people who support it are those who profit from an outdated and obsolete business, and and politicians who favor any law that gives them more control by reducing the rights of the citizen.
# 419:
10:34 am PDT, Jul 8,
Vanessa Sobkovich-Wiebe, Canada
# 418:
7:55 am PDT, Jul 8,
Monique Boucher, Canada
Enough is enough!!
Enough is enough!!
# 417:
4:41 pm PDT, Jul 7,
Dany Dufour, Canada
# 416:
1:15 pm PDT, Jul 7,
Name not displayed, Canada
Police State, indeed.
Police State, indeed.
# 415:
10:25 am PDT, Jul 4,
Shane Lawrence, Canada
This bill serves only the interests of large recording companies with outdated, archaic and inflexible business models, and does nothing to protect individual Canadians, or even the artists themselves!
This bill serves only the interests of large recording companies with outdated, archaic and inflexible business models, and does nothing to protect individual Canadians, or even the artists themselves!
# 414:
9:52 am PDT, Jul 4,
Kyle Brouwer, Canada
this is a law based on increasing profits of organizations in the music/film industry...organizations which are not harmed through file sharing and personal downloads.
this is a law based on increasing profits of organizations in the music/film industry...organizations which are not harmed through file sharing and personal downloads.
# 413:
9:36 am PDT, Jul 3,
Illya Wilson, Canada
Our country is slowly slipping into a Dictatorship because of the Governments plans to remove our rights as Canadian Citizens and impose more and more rules upon us. Bill C-61 is yet another attempt at this and Canadians will not sit idly by and watch our country be destroyed. We will stand united and oppose such threats as Bill C-61 to our inalienable rights and our individual sovereignty.
Our country is slowly slipping into a Dictatorship because of the Governments plans to remove our rights as Canadian Citizens and impose more and more rules upon us. Bill C-61 is yet another attempt at this and Canadians will not sit idly by and watch our country be destroyed. We will stand united and oppose such threats as Bill C-61 to our inalienable rights and our individual sovereignty.
# 412:
10:39 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Andrew Blackbourn, Canada
# 411:
8:26 am PDT, Jul 1,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 410:
9:52 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Name not displayed, Canada
Who is our elected government for? Lobbyists representing big business. You were elected to govern not to be big brother. You won't admit Bernier was a security risk but are willing to slap huge fines on Joe-on-the-street for wanting to pay for something once. This government - same as the last government.
Who is our elected government for? Lobbyists representing big business. You were elected to govern not to be big brother. You won't admit Bernier was a security risk but are willing to slap huge fines on Joe-on-the-street for wanting to pay for something once. This government - same as the last government.
# 409:
8:13 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Chris Nesbitt, Canada
This is retarded. People should not meddle in what they don't understand.
This is retarded. People should not meddle in what they don't understand.
# 408:
6:37 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Brent Boucher, Canada
If this bill passes, I'm canceling my Internet, Cable, and Cell phone plans and I will never buy another CD, DVD or any other media. If they want to treat us like animals then I'll go back to the stone age before I give them the satisfaction.
If this bill passes, I'm canceling my Internet, Cable, and Cell phone plans and I will never buy another CD, DVD or any other media. If they want to treat us like animals then I'll go back to the stone age before I give them the satisfaction.
# 407:
10:43 am PDT, Jun 30,
John Medica, Canada
Scrap it! hell with americans & anti-piracy groups.
Scrap it! hell with americans & anti-piracy groups.
# 406:
10:13 am PDT, Jun 30,
Sarah Myles, Canada
# 405:
5:21 pm PDT, Jun 29,
Paul Hegedus, Canada
# 404:
12:16 pm PDT, Jun 29,
Sandor Hegedus, Canada
# 403:
12:08 pm PDT, Jun 29,
G Hegedus, Canada
# 402:
8:33 am PDT, Jun 29,
Alex Hegedus, Canada
It's time for an election to vote these idiots out of office!
It's time for an election to vote these idiots out of office!
# 401:
12:17 am PDT, Jun 29,
James Cameron, Canada
Once you allow Canada to bow to US corporate and government requests it will never end. Next it will be out lumber, crops, water, OIL, and electricity.
Once you allow Canada to bow to US corporate and government requests it will never end. Next it will be out lumber, crops, water, OIL, and electricity.
