Fight bill C-61 (Copyright reform)
This bill will take rights away from consumers and tries to let the recording industries set their own copyright rules which the government would then enforce. A couple of examples of rights you would lose are as follows:
-If you buy a CD that has a digital lock on it you cannot circumvent that lock to get the music you legitimately purchased to play on your MP3 player.
-Buying iTunes tracks with DRM (Digital Rights Management) cannot be unlocked to allow you to play your legitimately purchased music on devices other than iPods
-Consumer will be granted the right to timeshift and record television (a right we already have) unless the broadcaster doesn't want you to. In which case you become a criminal if you timeshift or record that particular show. They will also be building the locking function in to DVRs (Digital Video Recorder). This means that right out of the box you have purchased something to record shows that can be prevented from recording shows.
These are just three examples that I'm sure affect most of the people reading this post. The Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights has put together a simple form that you can fill out protesting the fast tracking of this bill (fast tracking essentially means pushing the bill in to law as quickly as possible). The world is watching this and it is already being regarded as worse than the American version known as the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). You know, that law that allows the music industry to sue everyone and obtain your private information without the need of a subpoena... If you value the ability to use the media you have legitimately purchased on the media players you have legitimately purchased I urge you to fill out this form. Click HERE to fight for your rights as a consumer!
Some people think that this is about letting pirates continue to steal. The fact is that piracy is already illegal. What this bill is trying to change is the rights of the consumers that have legally obtained media. It wants to take away your right to use you media the way you would like to. You shouldn't have to purchase a song three times because you have three different MP3 players. That would be like having to buy a new CD each time you want to play your music in a different CD player. So I urge you to take literally one minute from your day and fill out the form.
Click HERE to fight for your rights as a consumer!
-If you buy a CD that has a digital lock on it you cannot circumvent that lock to get the music you legitimately purchased to play on your MP3 player.
-Buying iTunes tracks with DRM (Digital Rights Management) cannot be unlocked to allow you to play your legitimately purchased music on devices other than iPods
-Consumer will be granted the right to timeshift and record television (a right we already have) unless the broadcaster doesn't want you to. In which case you become a criminal if you timeshift or record that particular show. They will also be building the locking function in to DVRs (Digital Video Recorder). This means that right out of the box you have purchased something to record shows that can be prevented from recording shows.
These are just three examples that I'm sure affect most of the people reading this post. The Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights has put together a simple form that you can fill out protesting the fast tracking of this bill (fast tracking essentially means pushing the bill in to law as quickly as possible). The world is watching this and it is already being regarded as worse than the American version known as the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). You know, that law that allows the music industry to sue everyone and obtain your private information without the need of a subpoena... If you value the ability to use the media you have legitimately purchased on the media players you have legitimately purchased I urge you to fill out this form. Click HERE to fight for your rights as a consumer!
Some people think that this is about letting pirates continue to steal. The fact is that piracy is already illegal. What this bill is trying to change is the rights of the consumers that have legally obtained media. It wants to take away your right to use you media the way you would like to. You shouldn't have to purchase a song three times because you have three different MP3 players. That would be like having to buy a new CD each time you want to play your music in a different CD player. So I urge you to take literally one minute from your day and fill out the form.
Click HERE to fight for your rights as a consumer!
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