Comments on: 21 ways in which Canada's copyright law is stronger than US copyright law http://boingboing.net/2010/02/18/21-ways-in-which-can.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Baldhead http://boingboing.net/2010/02/18/21-ways-in-which-can.html#comment-716050 Baldhead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-716050 People who want to makes Canadian Copyright law don't actually know what our laws are, they simply know what they want them to be. And of course have every intention of ignoring them when it suits their own purposes. People who want to makes Canadian Copyright law don’t actually know what our laws are, they simply know what they want them to be.

And of course have every intention of ignoring them when it suits their own purposes.

]]> By: Enoch_Root http://boingboing.net/2010/02/18/21-ways-in-which-can.html#comment-716605 Enoch_Root Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-716605 I find #2 to be the most onerous of those listed. I am assuming these are not elected officials and it smacks of the Human Rights Councils which had overreaching powers to quash free speech that they deemed unsavory. Law by bureaucrat should be held in universal contempt by free democracies. Instead we end up with boards such as above and the FCC wielding near law making authority and populated by unelected persons. I find #2 to be the most onerous of those listed. I am assuming these are not elected officials and it smacks of the Human Rights Councils which had overreaching powers to quash free speech that they deemed unsavory. Law by bureaucrat should be held in universal contempt by free democracies. Instead we end up with boards such as above and the FCC wielding near law making authority and populated by unelected persons.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/18/21-ways-in-which-can.html#comment-715973 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715973 It's nice to have a senate that takes their job seriously. They won't let the lobbyists have it both ways. The music industry got its media levy in Canada, so downloading music is legal. We pay for it with a tax on blank CDs. What? No one uses CDs any more, so now the poor RIAA isn't getting their pound of flesh? I guess they should have thought a little more about their goals. Now they have to get two things done -- repeal of the original law, and draconian punishments implemented. I bet the Canadian Senate will refuse to give them punishments that exceed obviously worse crimes. It’s nice to have a senate that takes their job seriously. They won’t let the lobbyists have it both ways.

The music industry got its media levy in Canada, so downloading music is legal. We pay for it with a tax on blank CDs.

What? No one uses CDs any more, so now the poor RIAA isn’t getting their pound of flesh? I guess they should have thought a little more about their goals. Now they have to get two things done — repeal of the original law, and draconian punishments implemented.

I bet the Canadian Senate will refuse to give them punishments that exceed obviously worse crimes.

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