Canadians have until Sept 13 to voice their opinion on Copyright Reform. If you’re not sure what to say, check out this wizard that provides a form letter – simply put your info down and they handle the emails and letters for you. You can even edit the form letter – a personal touch always warms the cockles of those politicians, right?
The issues at stake are quite important – a vital part of the Canadian legislation is being revamped to ressemble the US’s take on copyright. You know, the one that actually changed it laws so Disney’s material wouldn’t become public domain (and thus free for anyone to use). The one where it is illegal to circumvent any technoligical barrier in a product? You know those DVDs that just never seem to play – you can peer suspiciously at its “technological barrier” if you want, feel free.
The US’s state of copyright is a mess – let’s just do something different, shall we? Let’s ask why we have copyrights and then make the laws work towards those goals, rather than the goals of the mega corporations with the deep pockets (admittedly less deep now that digital music/movie sales are becoming mainstream).