Or even better, show up in numbers today at :: December 8th at 1318 Centre Street NE, Suite 105 or call Calgary office - (403) 216-7777
This type of legislation , as it turn out, is very harmful to fair use, it totally eradicates it, it is extremely damaging to freedom of expression institutionalizing a guilty until prooven innocent type of reaction against content. The track record of this legislation is all about clobbering any content the major media corporations do not want, without recourse. It also brings, through it's child the DRM the ability of the controlling entities to shut down , deny usage of all content controlled by them automatically without recourse, try to think Canadian content , songs , speeches , music, literature being denied from Canadians simply by a flick of a switch. It happened south of the border, and i don't think putting The Canadian culture and content under the full controll of very powerful corporations south of the border. Note that, there is an open house TODAY at the Honorable Jim Prentice offices in Calgary, phone in your opinion, and even better, walk up to the office. This might be the last chance for Canadians to express themselves. Cheers Szemir " Calling in Your Regrets on the Canadian DMCA Call in or go in person when Industry Minister Jim Prentice conducts his open house in Calgary on Saturday. If you are in Calgary, the open house runs from 1:00 to 3:00 pm on Saturday, December 8th at 1318 Centre Street NE, Suite 105. If you can't attend, Cory has a great idea: 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 Posted by: T Thompson | December 7, 2007 02:35 PM " This is one of the posts on the article On December 8, 2007 01:25, Mel Walters wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
