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- billso, on 08/17/2008, -1/+48About freaking time! Let's hope the Canadian government comes to its senses.
- paranoiabacon, on 08/18/2008, -3/+45You should've thrown a "canadian" in the title. more C's.
- ironeus, on 08/17/2008, -1/+36Bill C-61 is definitely important to track when parliament resumes next month.
- OmegaWolf, on 08/18/2008, -1/+31I wish US citizens were fearless as their Canadian counterparts.
- Natitude, on 08/18/2008, -1/+29I'm so excited to see so many Canadians join in and protest against this. I hope we can actually make a difference and scrap this bill altogether
- inactive, on 08/18/2008, -1/+20yeah us canadians don't take crap from no one
- JoeVet, on 08/18/2008, -1/+13Don't follow us Canada, it only leads to grandmothers and children being sued for listening to music. We actually allow corporations to ban videos of toddlers dancing simply because music is playing in the background. We are not the example you want to follow. Look elsewhere like Germany or Sweden.
- fasda, on 08/18/2008, -0/+12Canadian Citizen to Catapult Cyber Campaign
- bundwallah, on 08/18/2008, -0/+11It's not the technical challenge that's the problem. Its that our elected government is acting on behalf of industry and not the people that elected them.
- darkchild82, on 08/18/2008, -2/+13"If passed, Bill C-61 would make it illegal to circumvent "digital locks" on CDs and DVDs and impose a $500 fine on anyone caught downloading illegal copies of music or movies."
This won't solve the problem, a way will be found around it. - ConcernedCanuck, on 08/18/2008, -1/+8Dugg for:
"When you get tens of thousands of Canadians speaking out like this, there's big political risk for any political party who chooses to ignore it," he warned. - starskii, on 08/18/2008, -0/+7All the world is looking to see what the outcome of this decision is, as it will have far-reaching effects around the world.
- Threlly1, on 08/18/2008, -0/+5I think you'll find pictures of Celine Dion spontaneously combust, in disgust at their own existence, quite often.
- Surferess, on 08/18/2008, -0/+5Orly?
- Jaime2000, on 08/18/2008, -0/+5Alliteration FTW!
- inactive, on 08/18/2008, -1/+6It's great to see the people speak out, politics and the internet don't mix.
- Threlly1, on 08/18/2008, -0/+5The Airport or suburb of Paris ?
Yes..I know I know... - EnderMB, on 08/18/2008, -2/+6So, a bill is introduced that could threaten the freedoms of an entire nation, and effectively the rest of the western world, and the newsworthy response is a 'cyber' army?
How about you guys and girls get off your fat, lazy asses and do some real campaigning! By all means set up an online chapter, but get off your ***** asses and demonstrate properly! So what if you have 90,000 members in your little Facebook group? In terms of numbers these mean nothing when compared to the plights of groups like "Jeremy Clarkson should be Prime Minister" or "Chavs who play music off their phones in public should be shot."
It would be far more beneficial for Canadians to rise up and attack this properly instead of sitting behind a computer, thinking that the Internet will solve all your problems. Organise a nationwide boycott of music, burn pictures of Celine Dion, do something! - MacSuxWindozSux, on 08/18/2008, -0/+4We want more munny!
- SquigglyP, on 08/18/2008, -0/+4... against Controversial Copyright bill. "Could Cause Commons Catastrophy!" Cited Court's Commissioner Cavoukian.
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 08/18/2008, -0/+4Because the better party, that was leading for more than a decade was voted out on a sponsoring scandal.
- phoomp, on 08/18/2008, -0/+3I'll settle for the Canadian voters coming to their senses and demand the government ask them what they want.
- Bamboolemur, on 08/18/2008, -0/+2I haven't joined the facebook group, but I decided to do my part by downloading even more stuff this week.
- bdbr, on 08/18/2008, -1/+3I'm sure the capitalization was a typo, but it would be so awesome if the actual name of the bill was the "Controversial Copyright Bill".
Hang tough, Canada. You really don't want your government selling out to big media the way the US's has. - LiXy, on 08/18/2008, -1/+3Send a letter to those responsible for Bill C-61 in Ottawa in less than a minute by completing this letter wizard provided by the Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights - http://www.ccer.ca/send-a-letter-to-harper-prentic ...
- DerangedPenguin, on 08/19/2008, -0/+2It is not a matter of being fearless as being clueless. American's are willing to let personal rights and freedoms go down the toilet, so long as we get out daily quota: of gossip on who is doing who in Hollywood, American Idiot, and commando crotch shots of Paris Hilton.
- inactive, on 08/18/2008, -0/+2I will bury this because you SPAMed it.
***** you. SPAM is never okay. - MarkusDee, on 08/18/2008, -1/+3HUCK FARPER
- phoomp, on 08/18/2008, -0/+2Yes, except that using any way around it will make you liable for $20,000.
Sony could put a piece of tape on the media to prevent digital copying and removing that tape would constitute circumvention of the digital lock, allowing Sony to sue you for $20,000 per piece of tape removed. - Zoness, on 08/19/2008, -0/+1Go Canada maybe it will get my crappy American government to wise up a bit.
- Threlly1, on 08/18/2008, -1/+2"When you get tens of thousands of Canadians speaking out like this..eh, there's big political risk for any political party who chooses to ignore it...eh " he warned.
Is what you'll find he ACTUALLY said... - oinyo, on 08/18/2008, -2/+3Where is your god now? Lol but seriously. I live 2 blocks from parliment in Ottawa. Are we going to picket the hill and when?
- SugarCoatedSalt, on 08/18/2008, -0/+1aboot time, eh?
- TINZUSA, on 08/19/2008, -0/+0Companies are using Digital Rights Management ("DRM") to limit how many times a computer game may be activated. For instance, the computer game "Mass Effect" is limited to 3 activations. An activation can be an install, hardware change or re-install due to OS problems or OS re-installation. The effective licensing of computer games is tantamount to a rental agreement, but there's no transparency and consumers still believe that they will "own" the game. Additionally, consumers must agree to an End User License Agreement ("EULA") during software installation, effectively enforcing terms after the sale has taken place. This is an absurd retroactive contract that cannot even be read before money exchanges hands. These tactics seek to drastically reduce the rights of consumers and places them under tight legal controls that make it possible for software products to be varied at any time without consent, even terminated. I applaud the Canadians for making a stand on DRM as these technologies are being used for very sinister reasons and it is only apathy and a lack of transparency for consumers that is allowing this unethical behavior to persist.
- DerangedPenguin, on 08/19/2008, -1/+1"Les heures de gloire rhytmées de doutes Le prix que ça coute..." Jacque rapide saisir l'extincteur!
- M4ng0, on 08/21/2008, -0/+0It's unfortunate that picketing the hill doesn't accomplish anything. There is no one there who is actually paying attention.
Okay maybe A channel. lol - asiantoast, on 08/19/2008, -1/+0Though i can't say that i'm not a fan of pirated music etc., stuff like this has made me take a look at some of the other alternatives to these dilemmas.
i found this site called the brink. it's really cool and has a bunch of free music on it. www.brink.com - sirjoebob, on 08/18/2008, -3/+0dugg for "eh"
- ScientistBlah, on 08/18/2008, -19/+1***** you. Two of my friends died fighting against Bill C-61.
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