New Canadian copyright legislation introduced yesterday intends to legitimize the recording of TV shows and the uploading of music, while protecting the creative works that Canadians produce.
The proposed law makes breaking a digital lock illegal, but protects consumers who record TV for later viewing, or those who copy music from a CD to their portable media device. Penalties for illegal downloading of music files remain, but have been reduced for "all infringements".
"Today Canadians buy music, go to exhibitions and do a lot of things online. They use different formats and new technologies. Unfortunately, our laws have not kept pace," commented Heritage Minister James Moore.
"The last time that the copyright act was modernized we were still talking about video cassettes... (But) times have changed and the time has come to change our legislation as well," he said.
Draft legislation here: http://tinyurl.com/2azubb6
2 comments:
James, I have a few problems with this law:
1) If approved, someone will no longer be able to make a copy of a DVD for archival purposes.
2) The government already collects an extra tax on blank CDs and DVDs. Will the government repeal that law if this new law is passed?
In my opinion, the government is pandering to the record companies/movie studios and nothing more.
Are the artists/studios being properly compensated by the current agreement OR are they looking for a quick grab cash!! My thoughts: A CASH COW!
No opinion on this item? You're just going to pass it along without comment....?
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