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on
a
Macintosh
computer
and
you
needed
to
bi-pass
a
Digital
Rights
Management
from
a
non-compliant
music
store
so
you
can
listen
to
that
song
on
your
iPod.
Again,
under
the
legislation,
if
it
passed,
you'd
be
a
copyright
criminal.
What
if
you
wanted
to
record
an
HD
TV
show
onto
VHS
for
later
viewing?
Some
TV
shows
come
with
a
broadcast
flag
and
if
you
manage
to
record
it
to
VHS
tape,
you'd
possibly
end
up
in
the
slammer
for
breaching
copyright
laws
under
the
laws
proposed
by
the
bill.
All
this
is
thanks
mainly
to
all
the
exceptions
to
what
otherwise
looks
like
a
fair
and
balanced
bill.
While
I
could
go
on
and
on
about
why
the
copyright
reform
bill
is
bad,
I'm
guessing
you
got
my
drift
by
now.
Suffice
to
say,
the
Conservative
government,
like
the
Liberal
government
before
them,
felt
that
they
could
get
away
with
turning
ordinary
Canadian
citizens
into
criminals
-
hoping
that
no
one
would
notice
because
it's
just
"dry"
and
"boring"
copyright
legislation
that
few
pay
attention
to.
If
you
are
concerned
about
what
all
this
is
doing,
I
strongly
recommend
looking
at
"61
reforms
to
C-61"
by
Michael
Geist
(or
just
reading
his
blog
in
general),
checking
out
the
FaceBook
group
"Fair
Copyright
for
Canada"
and
discussing
these
issues
with
your
local
federal
representative.
Some
might
suggest
that
copyright
holders
are
just
trying
to
get
some
reasonable
laws
in
and
they
wouldn't
go
very
far.
As
someone
who
have
been
watching
the
copyright
debates
for
several
years
now
around
the
world,
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know
that
copyright
holders
are
never
satisfied
and
will
never
stop
pushing
for
more
and
more
strict
copyright
laws.
In
the
United
States,
the
Motion
Picture
Association
of
America
tried
to
argue
to
a
US
court
that
copyright
holders
shouldn't
have
to
prove
copyright
infringement
ever
took
place
in
order
to
convict
someone
of
copyright
infringement.
In
the
same
country,
the
Recording
Industry
Association
of
America
tried
to
convince
a
court
that
the
very
act
of
putting
an
alleged
copyright
infringing
work
in
a
shared
folder
is
enough
to
be
convicted
of
copyright
infringement.
In
Ireland,
there
are
legislators
trying
to
change
laws
so
that
you
don't
need
a
warrant
to
investigate
piracy
related
cases.
The
copyright
industry
in
the
United
States
is
trying
to
convince
Canadian
regulators
that
border
measures
should
be
beefed
up
to
the
point
that
you
don't
even
need
suspicion
to
search
your
laptop,
iPod,
or
other
digital
storage
device
to
search
for
copyright
infringing
content
and
destroy
said
devices
if
anything
like
this
is
found
(forget
burden
of
proof
here)
through
the
highly
secretive
Anti-Counterfeiting
Trade
Agreement
(ACTA)
that
had
to
be
leaked
onto
Wikileaks
so
the
public
could
see
it
for
the
first
time.
In
Europe,
French
parliamentarians
are
trying
to
make
it
mandatory
for
all
ISPs
to
block
certain
protocols
to
prevent
copyright
infringement,
trumping
legitimate
uses
of
these
protocols
which
businesses
are
only
beginning
to
exploit
for
legitimate
purposes
such
as
the
distribution
of
authorized
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enough.
I
personally
argue
that
we
haven't
even
come
close,
in
spite
of
what
has
been
seen,
to
how
far
foreign
business
interests
would
want
to
take
any
country,
including
Canada,
in
order
to
protect
a
business
model
of
the
80's.
I've
seen
some
basic
personal
rights
dissolved
so
far
and
these
foreign
interests
aren't
even
close
to
being
satisfied.
So
either
we
let
these
companies
just
bully
Canadians
around
on
the
copyright
file,
or
we
actively
choose
to
say,
'not
in
this
country'
and
stand
up
for
basic
fundamental
rights
like
privacy
and
fair
dealings.
I
can
assure
you,
as
an
artist
myself,
these
companies
are
not
acting
in
the
interests
of
artists
and
very
few
will
actively
defend
what
these
companies
are
after.
You
can't
say,
"see
you
in
court
kid"
and
then
afterwards
say,
"See
you
at
the
show"
Suing
your
fans
is
an
extremely
dishonest
way
to
earn
a
living
and
shouldn't
be
a
legitimate
business
model.
What
the
record
labels
are
interested
in
is
the
bottom
line
and
the
artist
-
particularly
new
and
emerging
artists
-
is
almost
always
cut
out
of
the
picture
through
things
like
"recoupables"
Some
say
that
this
could
very
easily
become
an
election
issue.
With
other
things
such
as
the
environment
and
public
health
competing
for
attention,
it
will
be
difficult
for
Copyright
to
get
a
word
in
edgewise,
but
I
honestly
hope
this
important
debate
won't
be
lost
completely
and
pushed
under
the
rug
this
time
around.
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