Attacking Canadians For Corporate Greed

Rumour has it that Minister Prentice will introduce his "Canadian DMCA" in the next couple of days.

This will no doubt be a variation on the legislation he backed away from last December, and he's hoping that we aren't paying attention right now.

The HarperCon$ have repeatedly gone after closer alignment with the United States on all matters, even when the US approach has been demonstrably brain damaged. Anything that models itself on the US DMCA is beyond brain damaged, it is an outright attack on individual freedoms and liberties - and is the very legislation that the recording industry in the United States uses to sue its customers.

I agree with the government on one point - the copyright and patent system needs to be overhauled in light of the modern realities. After that, I have my own ideas that are intended to be more constructive than punitive.