Canadian citizen and voter.
Canada has an opportunity to improve upon the severely flawed WCT with its own legislation. Recognise the core functionality and business/structural model of the Internet by rejecting ratification of WCT.
Citoyen canadien, La Prairie, Québec.
Peut-on, une fois pour toute, arrêter de vouloir faire comme les U.S.A.? Faisons confiance à la façon canadienne de faire les choses, et notre pays ne s'en portera que mieux!
I have little faith that the Canadian government will, for once, do the right thing, but in the off chance that they do....
Anybody look into whether the GoC is getting kickbacks from CRIA?
For the sake of thegreat artwork and novel science that might never see the light of day because of restrictive intellectual copywrite...do not ratify the WIPO treaty...
I call upon the Government of Candada to ignore the recommendation of the standing committee on Canadian Heritage to ratify the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT).
Doing so would create a "notice-and-takedown" system which would be a step backward for internet users and ISPs in Candada.
Our country has always been far ahead with regards to copywright laws. Allowing schools to pay a fixed fee for photocopiers, and taxing CDs instead of implementing something like the awful Induce Act in the USA.
I've seen many takedown notices given by the RIAA and others that were plainly wrong, yet these sites were still taken down.
My view is that the US has changed the copyright laws through the DMCA to make it cheaper for companies to sue their customers (by making it easy to programatically find and sue citizens). WIPO is also just a way to make things cheaper for companies at the expense of the rights of Canadian citizens.
Canadian Citizen, living abroad, last lived in Kingston, ON
Following the US's blind rush towards copyright enforcement is dangerous without truely considering what best benefits Canadian citizens in respect to our rights/freedoms, existing Canadian law and what will benefit both long and short term innovation.
Canadian Citizen (AB) I am totally opposed to this proposed legislation. As far as I'm concerned it will be the way that alternative or dissenting voices on the internet are stilled through the chill effect of of challenges that do not have to be substantiated.
This is a dangerous piece of legislation that would do nothing to stop 'copyright violations', would only make criminals out of good people and risk destroying key democratic principles related to freedom of speech. Please stop it.
Canadian Citizen (NS)
I am a resident of B.C. and professional software developer and consultant. The WIPO treaty violates due process and threatens the ability of our culture and economy to innovate. It is a mistake socially, morally, and economically.
I do not want to live in a Censorship State, which is what WIPO Copyright Treaty will bring. I do not want my ISP to shut me down for fairly using what would otherwise be totally acceptable just but for some piece of software dumber than my house plants that thinks I'm stealing someone's copyrighted material.
Canadian citizen opposed to WIPO and any so-called "copyright reforms" that wrenches culture from the people and hands it to corporate, moneyed interests.
We already have the levy on recordable media which is supposed to go towards artists and producers to cover their losses, regardless of whatever reason it is that the blank media is purchased.
Asking an ISP to be responsible for what their service is used for is like charging the transportation ministry for allowing smugglers to use our roads.
Copyright is about the balance between the rights of creator works and the rights of consumer.
Extending the rights of the creator as proposed will gravely tip the balance at the expense of the consumer rights.
It should not be allowed!
