Writing James Rajotte likely won't do any good. He was my MP up until recently and I have sent him multiple emails and letters expressing my distaste for various copyright legislation over the years and all of his responses have been completely unsatisfactory. Basically, the guy is either one big tool of industry or has no understanding that the sole purpose of his office is to enhance social welfare.
Chris On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:32 AM, John Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >
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