[d at DCC] Question to local MP Randy Kamp and other candidates in Maple Ridge, BC

[Joe McGuire]

You may want to include topics such as net neutrality, privacy and
broadband penetration as well, but you're very much on the right
track.

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Richard Pitt <richard at pacdat.net> wrote:
> I've been given the opportunity to craft a question to the candidates
> here in Maple Ridge by one of the local news columnists.
>
> I've been perusing all of you comments/questions and have excerpted some
> of them to her (I'll post the whole thing in my blog.pacdat.net area
> shortly) and I thank you all for your thoughts.
>
> Here's my question - drawing on the comments to include background, keep
> to a single point, and keep it (relatively) short. (I've broken it up to
> emphasize how it is to be read as these will be read to the candidates)
>
> "In light of Heritage Canada's proposals (Bills C60 and C61 in the
> previous two parliamentary sessions respectively) to implement US-like
> copyright law similar to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, a law
> which has undergone extensive court challenges and revision since it was
> instituted by the way;
>
> and to allegedly uphold our commitment to the 1996 World Intellectual
> Property Organization copyright treaty to which we are signatories but
> which we have never ratified;
>
> do you agree that Canada should also have a FAIR USE clause similar to
> that in the US law implemented; as separate from the current FAIR
> DEALING;
>
> such FAIR USE to balance the rights of Canadian Citizens in light of the
> draconian demands of the music and software industry lobbyists for huge
> fines for circumvention of Technical Protection Measures ($20,000 per
> instance) such as "ripping" a DVD to their video iPOD, even though they
> have bought and paid for the right to view it?"
>
> Comments?
>
> Thanks
>
> richard
>
>
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