Submission + - Canada's Heritgage Minster Violating own Bill (timescolonist.com)
Beardo the Bearded writes: In Canada, the legislation for Copyright Reform comes from either the Heritage Minister or the Industry Minister. According to an article on the CanWest news service, "Heritage Minister James Moore — one of the government's leaders on the copyright file — admitted Monday that he hasn't always abided by Canada's copyright law." In other words, the person in charge of copyright legislation in Canada doesn't follow his own rules.
The most recent legislation, Bill C-61, would have made it unlawful to (among other things) record TV shows for watching later, or shifting any media with any form of copy protection. It was abandoned during the elections in October 2008.
This raises the question: Why are these guys making laws that they aren't going to follow themselves? If Bill C-61 had passed, he would have been civilly liable for $20,000 per offence, and possibly even jail time.