NDP Makes No Apology for Copyright Stance
The major drama was sparked by a Toronto town hall meeting when it was found out that the copyright industry stacked the deck in their favour. The fallout exploded when students and NDP MP Olivia Chow – the wife of NDP leader Jack Layton – was threatened by private security at the meeting and [...]
American Music Group Finds Fair Canadian Copyright ‘Disgusting’
Things are heating up as foreign interests beef up their rhetoric in the last few legs of the Canadian copyright consultation. The American Federation of Musicians responded to a political party’s (NDP) call for balanced copyright “disgusting”.
The copyright industry, which consists of almost entirely foreign interests, have already resorted to insulting the process. Throughout the [...]
Canadian MP – Debate WIPO Before Copyright Ratification
A member of the New Democratic Party of Canada is essentially calling on the government to stay true to its own election platform. Charlie Angus is calling for debate before new Copyright legislation is tabled
One of the talking points by Maxime Bernier, the minister of Canadian Industry who took the reigns of the copyright [...]
