glad to hear this. On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Canadians are kicking ass and taking names regarding the Copyright > laws in Canada! > The citizens stood up and made it an issue during their elections that > they wanted Copyright legislation that was fair to consumers and took > consumer rights into account. > > They VOTED out representatives that did not support their views! > > "Michael Geist sez, "Boing Boing covered the copyright pledge during > the Canadian election campaign. Following last night's election, 34 > candidates that supported fair copyright are now Members of Parliament > including 11 Liberals and 23 New Democrats." > > While copyright reform is unlikely to emerge as a top legislative > priority in the current economic environment, there is little doubt > that the Conservative minority government will return to the issue > (whether Jim Prentice leads that charge as Industry Minister or shifts > to Foreign Affairs is a separate matter). With that in mind, having > Members of Parliament who will speak out on the need for a balanced > approach to copyright that preserves user rights is essential. Coming > out of last night's election, 34 candidates who supported the > copyright pledge during the campaign were elected - 11 Liberals and 23 > New Democrats, covering 8 of 10 provinces (only NB and Saskatchewan do > not have a copyright MP). In some ridings - particularly > Edmonton-Strathcona where Conservative Rahim Jaffer lost to the NDP's > Linda Duncan - it is certainly possible that copyright swung enough > votes to help make the difference. " > > http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3450/125/ > >
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