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Submission + - Canadian DMCA protest (boingboing.net) 1

Submitted by ThePurpleBuffalo on Friday December 07, 2007 @12:24PM

ThePurpleBuffalo writes: Cory Doctorow has announced that Jim Prentice will be in Calgary, Alberta, Canada tomorrow (Saturday, 2007-12-10) and that this might be the best chance to fight the Canadian DMCA. From the article: "If you're a Canadian and you want to talk to Industry Minister Jim Prentice about his proposal for a Canadian DMCA, a copyright law that's even worse than the ten-year-old American legislation that resulted in lawsuits against 20,000+ Americans without stopping infringement or paying artists, now's your chance!"

Submission + - Canadian DMCA To Be Introduced Within Weeks

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 28, 2007 @12:39AM

An anonymous reader writes: Canadian law prof Michael Geist reports that the Canadian government is about to introduce Canadian DMCA-style legislation. Within the next two or three weeks, Canadians will be treated to new anti-circumvention laws that match those found in the U.S., while the government does nothing to address the blank media tax or fair use.

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