Canadians against Bill C-11 The Copyright Modernization Act

Goal : 5200 / 100000

Do you want to be labelled a criminal for copying songs off a CD that you have purchased onto your iPod? With the aforementioned bill, you will be...

The current Canadian government wants to pass Bill C-11 (of the formerly defunct Bill C-32) under the guise of modernization of our current copyright laws. What this bill fails to do is keep any modern consumer in mind.

With the current language of the bill regarding "digital locks" or DRM to many of you, the passing of the bill label most of you criminals.

Potential criminals? With severe fines? for the following actions that many of the current generation of computer literate consumers do:
- Copying a song off a CD that you have purchased to your iPod or cell phone to listen to on your commute to work?
- Copying a movie off a DVD or Blu-Ray that you have purchased to your cellphone or tablet to watch while waiting in line at the cash register?
- Copying a CD, DVD or Blu-Ray disc that you have purchased in order to prevent your young children from scratching the original disc? (something I'm sure that has happen to many a parent including this one)

Do these actions sound criminal to you?

In our current economic climate, do most of us have so much disposable income that we can purchase the same song over and over again? In different formats so that we can listen to it in our car, iPod, cell phone, computer, and home stereo?

Copyright modernization need to keep the modern consumer in mind, and need to include fair use and common sense.

Please make your voice against Bill C-11 known to the current Canadian federal government.. You can start by signing this petition, and writing to the Prime Minister's office: pm@pm.gc.ca and the Industry Minister: christian.paradis@parl.gc.ca

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2011-10-01 00:58:28Added on:

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pm@pm.gc.ca; christian.paradis@parl.gc.ca

 

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30/1/12
Joey Roach
29.22 (1) It is not an infringement of copyright for an individual to reproduce a work or other subject-matter or any substantial part of a work or other subject-matter if. (a) the copy of the work or other subject-matter from which the reproduction is made is not an infringing copy;. (b) the individual legally obtained the copy of the work or other subject-matter from which the reproduction is made, other than by borrowing it or renting it, and owns or is authorized to use the medium or device on which it is reproduced;. (c) the individual, in order to make the reproduction, did not circumvent, as defined in section 41, a technological protection measure, as defined in that section, or cause one to be circumvented;. (d) the individual does not give the reproduction away; and. (e) the reproduction is used only for private purposes. quoted from the bill its self. this petition is a joke.
31/1/12
Kyle Erickson
If this is all you pulled from it, then you obviously haven't read the whole bill.
31/1/12
Joey Roach
Kyle Bert-Macklin Erickson I have read the bill. But I work in the entertainment industry, this bill will help keep a roof over my head and food in my gut. help keeping the things I spend countless hours working on from being stolen. these people are signing it cause they can't put media on their ipods when clearly the bill states you can so long as that media was obtained legally and they're not giving away copy's. If you compare C-11 to our current copy right act they're mostly the same except now rights holders can pursue the people that misuse the internet to steal. granted there are a few things on the bill I'm not too crazy about but people are blowing it out of preposition. We the people that have jobs working on entertainment need internet laws that help protect our work from theft. Cause as they are right now something I sacrifice my time, relationships, home, heath, and even my own money can be taken just because someone doesn't want to pay the 10$ price tag my client put on it.
31/1/12
Peter Szabo
Joey Roach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37U247d7ZOY might wanna watch this if you're an artist...
1/2/12
Remy Saville
Joey Roach You didn't understand section (c); "...in order to make the reproduction, did not circumvent, as defined in section 41, a technological protection measure..." IANAL, but, yes, as I read http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Docid=5144516&File=72#16 this means I can copy many CDs to an iPod, as you suggest isn't an issue, however if the CD has http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_protection#Copy_protection_for_audio_CDs you cannot! Even though you may be technically able to transcode that DVD for playback on your iPhone cannot legally do so anymore. This is the flaw in the bill, it turns common tasks we've been doing for decades into something illegal. Even old VHS video tapes had macrovision copy protection. Now, certainly many of these copy protection schemes were ineffective, which is likely how you misunderstood the problem, but the core is now they don't need to be! Something, anything, simply needs to be present and you no longer have a right to put a copy of that Dora DVD you bought on your smart phone to keep your child entertained when they're bored.
1/2/12
Joey Roach
Remy Saville I'll admit some of this legal language does get past me at times so I thank you for clearing up section c. I personally don't think the law would be enforced to that extreame if this bill passes, but I suppose dumber things have happened in the world.
1/2/12
Daniel Deppner
lol @ Joey, its people like him who succumb to the shit policies and ass raping prices of corporations. Piracy is a service issue. Big corporations need to get service infrastructure in place first. Then we can talk about legislation. Don't tell me they can't compete because of the wealth destroyers (piracy), because that's a lie. Netflix, Megavideo, and other torrent websites seem to making millions so obviously corporations are more than capable. Plus, even if this bill doesn't seem that bad, once they get there foot in the door its a lot harder to stop them from going further. When they want legislation, let it be on our terms...
1/2/12
Daniel Deppner
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1/2/12
Remy Saville
Joey Roach Laws should not be written with the intention of selectively enforcing them and hoping one doesn't get caught. That is the point of this petition, to inform our families and friends that there is a Bill which, as written, will make using iTunes to copy a song from trivially protected CD illegal! Yes, madness. Take a look at Peter Szabo's video link above from 3:20 to 5:20 (the rest of video isn't worth watching) to see the flaws spelled out. If you think it is ok to stand by while nonsensical laws are crafted in hopes they're so silly they won't be enforced Micheal Geist outlines some pretty good arguements against that at http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6264/125/ I'm sure you've heard about other Canadian changes that have recently happened without input such as Rick's Rant http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_Rick_Mercer_Report/1233563683/ID=2188094988 ? Watch that short clip and apply it to this situation. You need to care about this because the government tried this as bill C-32 when they were a minority and are re-proposing it as Bill C-11 as a majority. It will get through.
31/1/12
Tyson Waldram
Downloading free music/movies for uses other than for commercial, isn't even copyright infringement in the first place. This bill is totally disingenuous, and another example of our government DIRECTLY supporting the current wealth disparity by guaranteeing more money for the "old money" oligarchy known as Hollywood and for the "Copyright Cartel" called the RIAA and the MPAA. These people assaultinh free speech are the real criminals
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Vijaya Veluvolu
This bill is stupidly insane!
9/2/12
Jason Chaulk
*FYI* Check Your Junk Mail for the Verification email..
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Duston Courtney
Lets make a stand agenst C-11!

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