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MP James Moore seems to be angry. He has begun lashing out at people–the self-same people he wanted to work with only a year ago. He is claiming that we don’t know what we’re talking about, that we need to be confronted, that we need to be defeated. He makes claims that we do not believe in copyright (which is wrong) and that we do not want copyright reform (which is also wrong).
Mr. Moore, you’re a coward. Anyone who would rather block debate than engage in it has no place in parliament in my books. Mr. Moore, you’re a fear-monger: suggesting that we’re radical extremists is the worst kind of polarizing politics. Mr. Moore, you’re wrong: we don’t want to eradicate copyright reform, we want the best copyright bill for artists and consumers.
We want to talk. We want to work together with you and with the industry. We want things to improve. We will not, however, stand idly by as you malign us, nor will we stand by as you hand Canadian rights, lock and key, over to massive media conglomerates.
Your about-face is fascinating. Perhaps you can explain why it happened. Maybe you can tell us why you’re so angry and why you refuse to listen to people.
Or maybe you’re happy in your new position, parroting talking points for an industry that’s so very frightened of change. Which is it?
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!
