arstechnica.com— Canada's Conservatives are rumored to be prepping a copyright reform bill that would add DMCA-like anti-circumvention provisions to Canadian law.
Apr 16, 2007View in Crawl 4
How so?If the (softer) version that the liberals tried to pass a while back failed, what makes you think that Harper will even attempt? The article is completely speculative (not that it is their fault) there has been no announcement from the Tories on this subject and I don't think there will be. I mean, come on, Haper is facing a probable election before the end of spring (almost certain by the end of the year), do you really think that he wants to do anything that can even be conceived as being unpopular? Not after fighting tooth-and-nail against the liberals all last year to get ahead in the poles.Don't get me wrong, this is likely something that the conservatives want, I just don't think that they are willing to put this on the table until after the next election.
@cyberwarriorxSo, what we need to do is keep our government scared of the people. We need to keep whatever government is in power a minority, everyone gets a say no one party gets the FINAL say. Often whenever something gets done, it's done by parties from broad parts of the spectrum.
@Chicken2nite: I know but I was lazy and figured too many details would be boring to non-Canadians. haha@cyberwarriorx: I never said I particularly liked the Liberal party either but I do think Harper's Conservative Party is potentially far worse than the Liberals could ever hope to be. If they get a majority government, there won't be fun times ahead.
@aristotle0dudTwinklet**s, you just don't get it do you? You attack all the wrong points.Do I leave heat on? No. s**t, I'd be lucky to get enough from my landlord.Do I drive a car? Of course I do. Do I enjoy it? No. Is it an SUV? God no.How about this: Can I afford an electrical car? Is there a viable way to own and operate an electrical car? No. Want to know why?Conservative moneyhead government.Suck it.
The average Canadian doesn't give a rats f**king ass about any of this technical s**t. The PC party is just trying to 'make corporate nice' cuz thats what they do. Even if this bill passes, Liberal sensibilities will eventually quash this thing.
@Beishnew, I mean a starting house costing over $250k, a miniscule GST cut that ammounts to pennies off every order (and raising the income tax to cover the cost of that), refusing to give real solutions to global warming, refusing to let his own MPs talk to the press. That's the Canada that we can't afford.
kingcamApr 16, 2007
How so?If the (softer) version that the liberals tried to pass a while back failed, what makes you think that Harper will even attempt? The article is completely speculative (not that it is their fault) there has been no announcement from the Tories on this subject and I don't think there will be. I mean, come on, Haper is facing a probable election before the end of spring (almost certain by the end of the year), do you really think that he wants to do anything that can even be conceived as being unpopular? Not after fighting tooth-and-nail against the liberals all last year to get ahead in the poles.Don't get me wrong, this is likely something that the conservatives want, I just don't think that they are willing to put this on the table until after the next election.
dblissApr 17, 2007
@cyberwarriorxSo, what we need to do is keep our government scared of the people. We need to keep whatever government is in power a minority, everyone gets a say no one party gets the FINAL say. Often whenever something gets done, it's done by parties from broad parts of the spectrum.
matttkApr 17, 2007
@Chicken2nite: I know but I was lazy and figured too many details would be boring to non-Canadians. haha@cyberwarriorx: I never said I particularly liked the Liberal party either but I do think Harper's Conservative Party is potentially far worse than the Liberals could ever hope to be. If they get a majority government, there won't be fun times ahead.
speedApr 17, 2007
Yeah, but Canada has has a Liberal government for the last 10 years. Now the Conservatives are in power so who knows.
sniperslapApr 17, 2007
@aristotle0dudTwinklet**s, you just don't get it do you? You attack all the wrong points.Do I leave heat on? No. s**t, I'd be lucky to get enough from my landlord.Do I drive a car? Of course I do. Do I enjoy it? No. Is it an SUV? God no.How about this: Can I afford an electrical car? Is there a viable way to own and operate an electrical car? No. Want to know why?Conservative moneyhead government.Suck it.
noblearcApr 17, 2007
Just another reason to hate Harper's Conservative government. -_-
frankebApr 17, 2007
The average Canadian doesn't give a rats f**king ass about any of this technical s**t. The PC party is just trying to 'make corporate nice' cuz thats what they do. Even if this bill passes, Liberal sensibilities will eventually quash this thing.
speedApr 17, 2007
@Beishnew, I mean a starting house costing over $250k, a miniscule GST cut that ammounts to pennies off every order (and raising the income tax to cover the cost of that), refusing to give real solutions to global warming, refusing to let his own MPs talk to the press. That's the Canada that we can't afford.
scheissenApr 18, 2007
On behalf of America, I forgive you.