What is this new legislation ? Never heard of it. Where is the Government link ?
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Alan Truesdale<[email protected]> wrote: > Hello List I'm posting this at the request of Bill McGrath Director of the > Vancouver Linux User Group. > Alan > > > Hi, > > I'm Bill McGrath. I write software, am a Director of the Vancouver Linux User > Group and am a founding member of the Vancouver Fair Copyright Coalition. > > I'm writing today with respect the ongoing consultation on copyright in > Canada. The federal government intends to introduce new legislation early > next year and is presently soliciting input from ordinary Canadians. This > process will end on Sunday, September 13, 2009, so there is about one week > left for you to contribute your voice to the chorus of Canadians who are > deeply concerned about the changes that lobbyists for transnational > conglomerates are demanding to copyright law. > > When Bill C-61 was tabled in the House of Commons there was widespread > outrage at such a ham-fisted attempt to deal with complex and sensitive > issues. Fortunately, it was dropped when Parliament was porogued. One of the > strongest criticisms of Bill C-61 was that government had not consulted the > people. But now we have our chance. Government has decided to listen. > > I'm sure you've all heard of the DMCA and it's downside. We definitely don't > want this in Canada. We need you to send an email to government. > > Of course, most people aren't experts. They don't know what to say. So we've > put together a submission guideline that hits the main general points and a > number of specific points of special concern to technical folk - programmers, > administrators, technicians and so on. > > Sending an email will take as little as ten minutes. I'm sure you can find > time in the next week to voice your concerns. Numbers matter, so each and > every email counts. > > Our 4 Step Submission Guideline for technical folk contains all you need to > know to put together an email. It includes examples, a glossary of terms and > links to more nformation. It lives at: > > http://faircopy.ca/participate > > Please find the time, before Sunday, September 13th to express your concerns > to the government. Invite your friends and cross post this email where it > will help to get the word out. > > Thank you for your time and your contribution. Democracy will prevail. > > Bill > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > -- Tired of WindowsXP? try Ubuntu! http://www.ubuntu.com/ _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
