Michael Geist, law professor and Canadian expert on copyright and intellectual property issues, will be answering questions regarding those topics on the social networking site Reddit.
Geist is well known for his strong opinions on Canadian privacy, consumer rights, and his digital activism that stemmed the progress on the previous Copyright bill, C-61. Geist’s Facebook group Fair Copyright for Canada has over 80,000 active members. Those members played a key role in killing the previous copyright bill.
Geist’s current opinion is that Bill C-32 is flawed, but fixable. Ask him any and all questions about the copyright process tomorrow on Reddit!
Copyright legislation is about to hit Ottawa… again. Despite the massive public outcry last time, the government is intent on enacting incredibly restrictive laws that will damage how you use your electronics. Get the facts, contact your MP, and don’t let them.
The Canadian Copyright Act, Part VII, Section 80 (Copying for Private Use) reads: “80. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the act of reproducing all or any substantial part of(a) a musical work embodied in a sound recording,(b) a performer’s performance of a musical work embodied in a sound recording, or(c) a sound recording in which a musical work, or a performer’s performance of a musical work, is embodiedonto an audio recording medium for the private use of the person who makes the copy does not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the musical work, the performer’s performance or the sound recording.”
This is the hall of shame – these politicians claim to represent Canadians, yet they support a Bill that will curtail the rights of Canadians without any reasoning whatsoever. They have lied in a boldfaced manner to their constituents and their fellow Canadians by stating that this bill is needed and claiming that it protects artists.
If you’re on this list you should be ashamed of yourself.
Jim Prentice – MP for Calgary Centre North
Josee Verner – MP for Louis-Saint-Laurent
David Sweet – MP for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale
A breakdown of MP across the country and their position on Bill C-61
Alberta
James Rajotte – MP for Edmonton-Leduc – Conservative – waiting for response
Rick Casson – MP for Lethbridge – Conservative – waiting for response
Rahim Jaffer – MP for Edmonton-Strathcona - Conservative – waiting for response
Rona Ambrose – MP for Edmonton-Spruce – Conservative – waiting for response
Diane Ablonczy – MP for Calgary-Nose Hill – Conservative – waiting for response
British Columbia
Bill Siksay – MP for Burnaby-Douglas – NDP – Opposes Bill C-61
Don H. Bell – MP for North Vancouver – Liberal – Opposes Bill C-61
Jim Abbott – MP for Kootenay-Columbia – Conservative – waiting for response
Ontario
Ken Boshcoff – MP for Thunder Bay-Rainy River – Liberal – Waiting for a response
Mark Holland – MP for Ajax-Pickering - Liberal – Waiting for a response
Scott Reid – MP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington – Conservative – Waiting for a response
Dan McTeague – MP for Scarborough-East/Pickering – Liberal – Waiting for a response
Joe Comuzzi – MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North – Conservative – Waiting for a response
David Sweet – MP for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale - Conservative – SUPPORTS BILL C-61
Harold Albrecht – MP for Kitchener-Conestoga – Conservative – waiting for response
Nova Scotia
Peter Stoffer – MP for Sackville-Eastern Shore – NDP – OPPOSES BILL C-61
New Brunswick
Andy Scott – MP for Fredericton – Liberal – waiting for response
This will continue to be updated as more information becomes available
