Speak Out On Copyright in Canada

p2pnet news view | P2P |  Politics:- The national copyright consultation is down to the final five weeks and over the past week, there has been a growing number of op-eds and public commentary that provide Canadians with a good sense of what the traditional copyright lobby is pushing for as part of the consultation. While some have expressed skepticism about the consultation process, the reality is that the risk of saying nothing is simply far too high. Consider: CRIA and CMPDA lobbyist Barry Sookman, in a National Post op-ed written with Stephen Stohn, labels Canada a piracy heaven while calling for “graduated response” (the euphemism for three strikes and a user loses Internet access for a year), anti-circumvention legislation, ISP liability, notice and takedown, secondary liability for sites like the Pirate Bay, and limited fair dealing expansion rather than a more flexible approach.

Tags: barry-sookman, citizen, conference, deeply-embedded, internet, kenya, mahatma-gandhi, manitoba, manitoba-music, microsoft, picture, sap, traditional