arstechnica.com — Along with China, Russia, India, and Chile, the US Trade Representative's annual report gave some extra love to our neighbors to the north by elevating Canada from the regular "Watch List" to the "Priority Watch List" in adequacy of IP protections against piracy for the first time.
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rabiddiceMay 2, 2009
29.1 Fair dealing for the purpose of criticism or review does not infringe copyright if the following are mentioned:(a) the source; and(b) if given in the source, the name of the(i) author, in the case of a work,(ii) performer, in the case of a performer's performance,(iii) maker, in the case of a sound recording, or(iv) broadcaster, in the case of a communication signal.<a class="user" href="http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/info/act-e.html">http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/info/act-e.html</a>
bugwayjiMay 2, 2009
As America isolates itself more and more. Is the American political system just clueless? First that ''the 911 Terrorist came from through Canada", when none of them did. And now they have no clue about <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy#Canada">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy# ...</a> Come on America get your sh*t together, your looking like the town dork.
icndvlMay 2, 2009
I'm gonna make my own damn list!The douche list:1. RIAA2. MPAA3. All companies affiliated with above 24. Apple fanboys5. All the executives of every bank in the world6. Australian ISPs7. The guy who camped my level 21 priest8. People who make lists out of thin air and claim them to be gospel
rogerstrongMay 2, 2009
@aristotle0dude:Being anti-Canadian-DMCA does not mean that one is against copyright law. For most it means that they're against BAD copyright law. It means that they want the consumer to have rights too.DMCA-type laws aren't about making sure you pay for your music/video/books. They're about making sure you KEEP paying for them, over and over.Digital music destroyed the business model where you bought a record, then bought it again when it wore out, then you bought it on 8-track, then on cassette tape, then again when that wore out or was eaten by your tape deck, etc., etc, etc.With DMCA laws, they attempt to return to this model by locking down your content with Digital Right Management (DRM) encryption systems.Those who bought music from early online music stores created by the record companies had to buy it again when they were shut down. They would have had to buy it again anyway when the the devices they were tied to were replaced. And they would have lost the music if they stopped subscribing.The notable attempt to "fix" this with an industry-wide standard is "PlaysForSure". Of course, the standard is now abandoned - those who bought music were RippedOfForSure. The are a number of notable examples of this for both music and video.Sometimes the standard isn't abandoned - they simply change the standard, and your device is suddenly no longer supported. Microsoft Reader / Barnes & Noble ebooks for example. Or Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs, where when an encryption key is broken, not only can they issue new keys that stop your player from playing new discs, but when you put one of the new discs in your drive it updates it to not play your *existing* discs.And speaking of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs, with the price of each disk, you don't need a big collection before you have a significant investment - one that insurance companies often won't cover. Making a backup is simple common sense, but DRM and DMCA laws won't allow it. At least you don't have to worry about the HD-DVD standard being abandoned.....HD video broadcasts include the same High-Definition Content Protection (HDCP) as the discs - but in most cases it's not turned on yet. It will be, over the next couple years. Where they're doing it already (StarChoice for example), a lot of people's TV systems stop working. Some times its because their HD TVs don't support HDCP. Sometimes it's the HDCP devices not talking to each other properly. People with HD drives on their computers already went through this: HD monitors that didn't support HDCP, and the large number of video cards sold as HDCP-ready that weren't. The HD video industry is based on the concept that "nothing is illegal if a hundred business people agree on it."DRM and DMCA laws also prevent traditional exemptions for schools and libraries.Legal protection for copyright must include protection for copyright USERS, not just copyright holders.
metaldwarfMay 2, 2009
CANADA F**K YEAH!HERE TO SAVE THE MOTHERF**KIN' DAY EH!
izzmoMay 4, 2009
Yeah, because that makes so much sense.
izzmoMay 4, 2009
You're an idiot. Go live in China and see what happens to you.