Did any one see this yet? I missed it if you covered thisI am not sure if I can make it to the meeting, nor do I feel up to date on this. But see a copy of an email below that I saw: Look here http://www.cbc.ca/searchengine/blog/2007/11/ and then at: Last chance to ask the Industry Minister about your copy rights.
--- from Groklaw: > > CALLING ALL Canadians > Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, December 07 2007 @ 01:40 PM EST > CANADIANS! SPREAD THE WORD NOW![reposted for urgency] Tomorrow is your > best chance to fight the Canadian DMCA! Event in Calgary, national > phone-in > > If you're a Canadian and you want to talk to Industry Minister Jim > Prentice about his proposal for a Canadian DMCA, a copyright law > that's even worse than the ten-year-old American legislation that > resulted in lawsuits against 20,000+ Americans without stopping > infringement or paying artists, now's your chance! > > This Saturday, Minister Prentice is hosting an open house in Calgary > at his constituency office. This is the best chance we will ever have > to make our feelings known about the Canadian DMCA. If you are in or > near Calgary, plan on attending this event, along with local activist > Kempton Lam (sign up on the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group). > > Dress neatly. Be polite. Be firm. Be friendly. Ask the Minister tough > questions (the CBC has collected over 250 questions about this, all of > which Prentice has refused to answer) in front of his constituents, > the people who voted him into office (you don't need to remind him > that that the last two MPs who tried to introduce a Canadian DMCA lost > their jobs -- he knows!). > > Prentice's open house runs from 1PM-3PM tomorrow, Saturday, December 8 > at 1318 Centre Street NE, Suite 105, Calgary, AB (details on > Prentice's website) > > Not in Calgary? NO PROBLEM! Plan on calling the Minister tomorrow or > on dropping him an email, expressing your regrets that you can't > attend the open house, but letting him know how you feel. Here are the > numbers: > > Ottawa office - (613) 992-4275 > Calgary office - (403) 216-7777 > Minister office - (613) 995-9001 > > His email address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Once you send an email, > print it out and mail it (no stamp needed!) to: > > Jim Prentice > House of Commons > Parliament Buildings > Ottawa, Ontario > K1A 0A6 > > The word is that the Minister's office is reeling from the > overwhelming, national response to this badly written, badly planned > bill. Bringing this legislation to Canada is Prentice's "series of > tubes" moment, the point at which Canada's Internet Czar shows himself > to be largely ignorant of its workings and power. > > I believe that we can stop this bill. I will be calling the Minister > tomorrow, and sending him a letter. I hope you do so as well. > Canadians don't need to follow the US off the copyright cliff. We can > have a sane and balanced copyright law, one that protects the Canadian > public and Canadian artists. > > Tell your friends. Tell your family. If you care about the net, this > could be the most important thing you do this year. Take action and > save the country. > > Link to facebook event:::::: > http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7365003311 > > Link to 250 questions the minister refuses to answer the CBC > collected:::::: > http://www.cbc.ca/searchengine/blog/2007/11/last_chance_to_ask_the_ind > ustr_1.htm http://www.cbc.ca/searchengine/blog/2007/11/ > ustr_1.htm > > l > Link TO BOINGBOING article > http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/07/canadians-tomorrow-i.html _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
