This what you're referring to? -- Hi folks,
Please see below for info regarding a protest on bill C-11. The protest is Friday 2 pm, @ Bethune Square (corner Guy & de Maisonneuve). There is also a petition <http://www.petitiononlinecanada.com/petition/canadians-against-bill-c11-the-copyright-modernization-act/362> and a template letter <http://www.ccer.ca/letter-wizard-enter/> that can be sent to MPs. Cheers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Friends, Media, and Fellow Activists, I hope that my message finds you in good spirits. I am emailing you in order to inform you of a very important and urgent protest that I am organizing, along with a few friends, scheduled on* Friday, February 10th 2012.*/ /We will be *protesting against the Internet censorship and anti-digital rights provisions of Bill C-11, which would threaten to:* * Make it illegal to unlock a DVD or video game you own for fair dealing purposes. * Make it illegal to obtain the tools required to unlock a cell phone or transfer a commercial DVD to another device. * Make it illegal to unlock an eBook for research or private study purposes. / / Michael Geist, a renown Canadian Law professor, also writes: "The music industry alone is seeking over a dozen changes to the bill, including website blocking, Internet termination for alleged repeat infringers, and an expansion of the "enabler" provision that is supposedly designed to target pirate sites. Meanwhile, the Entertainment Software Association of Canada also wants an expansion of the enabler provision along with further tightening of the already-restrictive digital lock rules." /“Unfortunately Bill C-32 falls short of meeting the government’s stated intentions. The core message, ‘thou shalt not steal’ is diluted by such a bewildering array of exceptions that if anything the situation for creators will grow worse.”/ /- Michael Geist/ *Please find more information about Bill C-11 at the following link: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/right-click/bill-c11-could-bring-sopa-online-piracy-laws-212657243.html* * * *The protest's Facebook page is located at: *https://www.facebook.com/events/312475952131628/ * * *I Invite all interested parties to join or cover this event.* As far as we know, this is the only anti-Bill C-11 protest in Canada so far, and we need that to change. Please spread the word! Thanks so much for your time, Looking forward to hearing from you, NK On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 16:16 -0500, Alan Truesdale wrote: > Hello All, > > Does any one have any information on an Anti ACTA protest that is > supposed to be happening in Montreal on the 11th at Victoria Square. > Such as what time? Who is organizing it etc. > > I see it mentioned on Tech Dirt and Micheal Geist's sites as well as on > the Global list of protests on killacta.org ( http://killacta.org ). > > But I can not find any details. Any details would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > Alan > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
