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U.S. Rejects Canadian Rejection of DMCA
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| SurrJRS |
Saw this on Slashdot, and it made me laugh. Some of the Slashdot reader's comments are priceless too:
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?...3&tid=95&tid=17
But seriously... This is just another example of the US being self proclaimed world police by using their might to push their domestic policies on other sovereign nations to suit their own agendas.
Someone actually suggested that if we defy US wishes, they will embargo Canada just like Cuba. Not that it's likely to happen, but still funny... :stongue: :stongue: :stongue:
Go Team America: Ass holes of the World! :whip: :whip: :whip:
Posted by timothy on Sunday May 01, @05:00PM from the spy-vs-mountie dept.
P Starrson writes "Slashdot readers may recall that last month Canadian policy makers rejected the DMCA for Canada. Not so fast apparently -- the U.S. Trade Representative has released the annual Section 301 report which each year tells the rest of the world that they need stronger intellectual property protection. This year Canada is a particular target -- the U.S. plans to conduct a special review of Canadian policies and explicitly rejects Canada's rejection of the DMCA. A good summary on what this means from Canadian law professor Michael Geist."
Article:
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/index.ph...log_arch=2&v=99
Original "Canada Says No To DMCA" Slashdot article:
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?...2243232&tid=123 |
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| SurrJRS |
Oh and for those who don't know what the DMCA is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA
It's quite far reaching and affects pretty much anything to do with digital media. |
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| SurrJRS |
Great comment re: our minority government acting in accordance with the will of the people, or fear a forced election...
As a Canadian... (Score:5, Interesting)
by Mr. Flibble (12943) Alter Relationship on Sunday May 01, @05:22PM (#12400935)
As a Canadian I have to say - "STAY THE OUT OF OUR LAWS."
Granted, as the U.S. is our largest trading partner, we have a number of things that are a little "grey" or messed up... For example, if it was not for the U.S. influence we probably would have legalized pot long ago.
I love the minority government we have right now though - our Prime Minister just denied a number of the White Houses requests because there could have been a forced election if he went against the will of the people. I hope it continues this way - bizzare concept I know - the will of the people driving things?
What is really sad is that much of our law is based on the changes that came about in the U.S. oh, about 200 years ago... (And English law as well) |
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| dEsidEL |
interesting .. i hope the CDN gov stands by their decision on this
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| Jayx1 |
Thats bull about the minority government. First off most of the decisions made about iraq etc were made during a majority government. Second, with the tories holding the balance of power it is more likely that an election would be forced if they were to SNUB the US government on certain issues. Even then it's doubtful. The Canadian voting public only has ONE chance to boot out a government based on policies they dont like and thats on election day. This holds true whether or not its a minority or majority government.
Sorry but i cant stand how some people try to equate things that have absolutely nothing to do with each other. |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
Thats bull about the minority government. First off most of the decisions made about iraq etc were made during a majority government. Second, with the tories holding the balance of power it is more likely that an election would be forced if they were to SNUB the US government on certain issues. Even then it's doubtful. The Canadian voting public only has ONE chance to boot out a government based on policies they dont like and thats on election day. This holds true whether or not its a minority or majority government.
Sorry but i cant stand how some people try to equate things that have absolutely nothing to do with each other. |
so are you willing to say that the PC won't turn Canada into a bigger US-whore than they're already?
I'm willing to bet that if the PC was into power he would aprove the DMCA. |
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| Jayx1 |
| I dont know about that. But being friendly toward the US isnt a bad thing. After all, without them we wouldnt have much of an economy. |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
I dont know about that. But being friendly toward the US isnt a bad thing. After all, without them we wouldnt have much of an economy. |
so lets sell our soul and democracy for a couple of green backs.... |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
so lets sell our soul and democracy for a couple of green backs.... |
aaah no thats not what im saying. But we should treat them like allies instead of insulting them all the time. |
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| ShadoWolf |
| quote: | Originally posted by SurrJRS
But seriously... This is just another example of the US being self proclaimed world police by using their might to push their domestic policies on other sovereign nations to suit their own agendas.
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Actually the U.S. here is calling for the implementation of an international treaty - a multilateral action.
In this case, Canada is acting unilaterally - pursuing its own agenda. |
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| ShadoWolf |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
so lets sell our soul and democracy for a couple of green backs.... |
1. Canada is not a democracy.
2. The Lieberals have already sold the soul of Canada... for a cool $100 million (which they have not paid back yet).
3. All the major parties (right across the spectrum) are split on this issue... it's the bureaucrats that are driving the agenda here. |
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| SurrJRS |
| quote: | Originally posted by ShadoWolf
Actually the U.S. here is calling for the implementation of an international treaty - a multilateral action.
In this case, Canada is acting unilaterally - pursuing its own agenda. |
The DMCA is solely American and has nothing to do with international law. Canada and other countries are free to make their own laws that reflect their domestic interests.
Rather than push the AMERICAN DMCA into the international scene, the US should be working with WIPO on international IP law and commpliance. But of course the US will ignore any international standards organization if their policies are not beneficial to them. The US might say they want Canada to comply with WIPO, but are really trying to force Canada to adopt the US DMCA. |
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