Hi, I received the message below from the Vancouver LUG today and thought it had some actions that our members may want to consider:
> Hi folks, > > What to do about this new legislation? > Well the important thing is to do at least one thing. Choose. > Take an hour. Write a letter. One page will do. > Send copies to different people. > > Michael Geist has a list of thirty possibilities. > Nice videos too. For more details visit > http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2431/125/ > > Here's his list of things you might want to consider. > > 30 Things You CAN do. > > 1. Write to your local Member of Parliament > 2. Write to the Prime Minister of Canada > 3. Write to Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry > 4. Write to Josee Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage > 5. Write to James Rajotte, the chair of the House of Commons > Industry Committee > 6. Write to Canadian Heritage's Copyright Policy Branch > 7. Write to Industry Canada's Intellectual Property Policy > Directorate > 8. Write to your local Member in your Provincial Parliament > or Member of the Legislative Assembly > 9. Write to your Provincial Minister of Education > 10. Write to your local school board or University President > 11. Write to the Department of Foreign Affairs on Canada's > international copyright position. > 12. Write to Library and Archives Canada to ask that it support > the preservation of Canadian Heritage > 13. Write to the Competition Bureau of Canada > 14. Write to the Office of Consumer Affairs or your provincial > consumer protection ministry > 15. Write to your federal and provincial privacy commissioner > to ask for their support in protecting your personal > privacy against DRM. > 16. Raise the issue with your local library or school > 17. Joint the Fair Copyright Group on Facebook > 18. Sign a petition > 19. Join the Online Rights Canada Mailing list. > 20. Ask each political party where it stands on copyright > 21. Support music labels that offer music without DRM or > copy-controls > 22. Ensure that local retailers will accept returns on DRM products > 23. Ask your ISP what it is doing to stand up for your rights > 24. Go to a local meeting on copyright > 25. Support more balanced copyright positions from artists and > creator groups > 26. Use Creative Commons licensing > 27. Read Licence terms > 28. Track media coverage on copyright > 29. Educate yourself > 30. Educate others > > Petitions you might want to sign: > http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ > http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/canadawipo > http://www.onlinerights.ca/get_active/copyright_pledge_petition/ > > If you're a company or a self-employed professional or computer > group or LUG consider joining CSIA - the Canadian Software > Innovation Alliance. This group is led by Bob Young, former > CEO of Red Hat. > http://www.softwareinnovation.ca/index.php/csia-faq/ > > The important thing is to choose something and do it. > One thing is enough. Two is great. Five and you're a saint. > > Thanks for taking the time to read this. > > William McGrath > Director, Vancouver Linux Users Group > Please forward this email as needed. _______________________________________________ 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
