I read their letter, it sounded very stiff and formal so I wrote my own: > Dear Ministers, > > I'm wondering how this piece of legislation will impact me. > > I believe that today I can do things like copy my CD collection to my iPod > and media-server. I can also sample those songs and use them as ring-tones > on my phone. This has allowed me to enjoy the music I have purchased > anywhere in my home via the media server and portably via my iPod. > > Will I still be able to do this under the new legislation? Can I continue to > listen to the MP3s I've made of my CDs? I don't want to have to go back to > carrying 100s of CD when I can just bring my iPod. > > I have run into a few CDs which have been copy-protected. This is usually > trivial to bypass and I can proceed to load the music onto my iPod. As I > understand the new law this will no longer be permitted. What > counterbalancing benefit is offered to offset this? > > I also have a smaller collection of movies on DVD. I have copied these to my > media-server allowing me to watch them on any TV or computer in my home. I > have also transcoded the movies so that I can watch them on my Sony PSP. > Will these be permitted uses under the new legislation? > > My computers are Linux & Solaris based and that has always presented problems > for movie player software which has often been released as 'Windows only'. > Will I be able to continue using 3rd party software to watch my movies? > > Are these new legislative restrictions explicitly mandated by the WIPO > agreement or are they in addition to that agreement? > > I guess what would really clear things up for me is a table identifying > common uses of music & movies, their current permitted uses under the > existing law, their proposed permitted uses under the new law and whether or > not any new restrictions are specifically mandated by WIPO. > > Additionally - where new restrictions are not mandated by WIPO, what is the > rational for the restriction and how does this benefit are average Canadian? > > Sincerely, > John Jardine
Don't know if it'll actually make a difference, but I know that by doing nothing I can't make a difference. Cheers, J.J. On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 12:14 -0600, Tom Weniger wrote: > Greetings, > > As some of you may know, Bill C-61 is in the house of commons right > now and is a horrible piece of law. Basically it's a copy of the > American DMCA and will allow companies to start suing Canadians for > everything under the sun. > > Go here to fill out a simple form and they mail a letter to Stephen > Harper for you. Do something about it. > > http://www.ccer.ca/send-a-letter-to-harper-prentice-verner-and-stop-the-canadian-dmca/ > > _______________________________________________ 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
