Our country's government does not "govern" anymore. It seems to me they want to "dictate" the people who put them there. That would mean our once great country is moving to a more dictatorship style of government. SAD
Whatever copyright may once have been intended to achieve, it is clear that now more than ever it serves only to concentrate money, power and information in the hands of a few corporate interests. Please stand up for the rights of ordinary Canadians by not ratifying the WCT. The interests of the Canadian people will not be served by restricting the dissemination of knowledge and culture.
I don't believe that the current laws need to be changed to suit a few copyright holders at the expense of the general public. What does the public get from these changes? My understanding of the system is that it should be designed to benefit the public in the long term while providing a reasonable reward system for creators. Politicians should be acting in the general interest, and these proposed changes appear to be to the sole benefit of a few.
Please do not ratify the WCT. WIPO has already been proven to be a backwards and obsolete approach to intellectual property protection on the Internet. Please work on a more effective and original solution than this one.
Canadian Citizen.
China required radios to be sold with a transmetting device to see if someone was listening to the undermining democracy propaganda that was broadcasted. But we are much better than that, aren't we?
Business is supposed to serve the people, not the other way around. Big content/business should not be allowed to dictate social policy and law and undermine any citizens rights in the relentless quest for profit and control.
There was a time when the government required that every radio owner have a licence, but it flopped.
Why must we be persecuted by our own governement? Say NO TO WIPO!
This all needs more publicity. Almost everyone I talk to seems to think they have no say in whether bill c-60 & WCT is ratified or not. We're just sitting back and letting it happen. The general public needs to know A) that they may be targeted. These bills doen't just apply to hackers and people sharing child porn and B)That there are ways they can fight back. The internet obviously isn't getting the message out to the majority of Canadians. We need to get positive coverage in print and on telivision.
We as Canadians have rights as buyers of products, whatever the product may be. Letting people take those rights away are atrocities towards all Canadians. I refuse to give in to such nonsense.
En qualité d'éditeur en ligne pionnier de la francophonie, je défends une position intelligente et sensible quant aux droits d'auteur numérique dont l'application ne doit pas porter atteinte le moindrement aux libertés individuelles.
I say NO to WIPO, the goverment should return to their roots of responsibility, the people. My taxes should be used to keep me safe, not for corporate greed.
I am a Canadian voter and I demand that politicians listen to the PEOPLE not only lobbyists of Mega corporations that endeavor to infringe on our rights.
WIPO is a broad-ranging, poorly thought out treaty that ignores the technological infeasibility in it's implementation, leading to enormous potential for abuse.
This is absolutely ridiculous. Come on now... How Americanized must our country get?? I demand my rights. The corporate filth is already swimming through so much $$ that they dont know what to do with it. Shall we feed the hand that already starves us? Abolish this treaty for the sake of our freedom.
This is absolutely ridiculous. Come on now... How Americanized must our country get?? I demand my rights. The corporate filth is already swimming through so much $$ that they dont know what to do with it. Shall we feed the hand that already starves us? Abolish this treaty for the sake of our freedom.
Doesn't the Liberal Government haven't anything better to do??? How about reducing taxes, cleaning up the environment, making the health care sector more accessible and provide quality education to all.
This sort of 'guilty until proven innocent' system, where a simple mention from an untrusted source can shut down someone's internet access, is incredibly open to abuse. As with most of the other proposed copyright extensions.
we already pay for the downloading now in the form of a levy on media ,if this goes through will it be repealed or do they want there cake and eat it to
the emplications of giving these people that much power is frighting.
do you really believe they will not abuse the power just look at what they do in america
we really don't need that here
Just look what this caused in the US. Subpeonas to a 12-year old girl! Do we really need this in Canada? Say no to this push by US big business (is RIAA & the MPAA trying to shove this down our throats?!?)
Take it from your neighbors Canada, FREEDOM OF SPEECH! Don't turn into Communist China. This copyright plan is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard of!
just dont do this, we have the best country in the world and mainly because were so easy going, and dont force stupid unnecessary rules, so just dont do it.
The WIPO treaties implications have had since 1998 to play out in the US and the DCMA. The chilling effects of takedown letters are well documented.
If you want me to take down some material, come after *me*, not an intermediary. And if you want me to take it down, you'd best have proof that'll hold up in court that it's illegal. Unsubstantiated letters are _not_ due process.
