Bill C61, An Act to Amend the Copyright Act, has been tabled in the House of Commons on June 12. As a Government Bill, it was introduced by the Industry Minister Jim Prentice and is likely to be debated at the next Parliamentary session which is scheduled to begin on September 15, 2008.If you'd like to read the actual bill, here it is
-Toronto Arts Coalition
...but you won't, so check out these links for further information:
Toronto Star
CBC
Copyright bill protests surge online
Tories' digital mashup
Prentice’s copywrong
Canada's new copyright bill: More spin than 'win-win'
Tories to unveil new copyright bill
Copyright Act gets overdue update (Lawyer's Weekly)
Uncle Sam's fingers are all over the Canadian copyright bill (a good one)
(links courtesy of Toronto Arts Coalition)
In summation, it will be illegal for a Canadian to make this glorious GIF that I found:
And for posting it, we will go to prison.
And this blog will be all about prison crafts and will be renamed sally mckay and L.M. and Maurice "Mom" Boucher, but more likely will be called Maurice "Mom" Boucher and L.M. and sally mckay
If you have so much contempt for your M.P. that you can't remember his/her name, you can use this handy little tool to find his/her contact info.
Or you can email Jim Prentice, the American entertainment industry's handy little tool who is responsible for this bill: Prentice.J@parl.gc.ca
and of course, the Prime Minister’s Office: pm@pm.gc.ca
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