Guys, this is very concerning for us Canadians that our elected government decided to abandon us and flow with the rich American lobbies. The American rich lobby is very powerful and therefore, they can push Canada around using our government. Our PM unfortunately has been a total sell out from almost the beginning. We have witnessed this over and over again. Following the warlike attitudes of the American Bush Conservatism, the Conservative Party of Canada decided to keep our forces fighting in Afghanistan. We are losing a lot of our soldiers in this useless war. He showed his REAL alliance again when he decided to amend our current copyright law to make it MORE harsh than the American one.

Fortunately, there are people like Dr. Geist, University of Ottawa Law professor, who are fighting against this move. If you want you could check out his website.

You are wondering what might happen if this law gets passed. Read the following excerpt from this article…

This puts the whole Canadian tech industry at the mercy of the US industry, unable to innovate or start new businesses that interact with the existing pool of devices and media without getting a license from the States.

how exactly?

If this law passes, it will render all of the made-in-Canada exceptions to copyright for education, archiving, free speech and personal use will be irrelevant: if a technology has a lock that prohibits a use, your right to make that use falls by the wayside. Nevermind that you’ve got the right to record a show to watch later — or to record a politician’s speech so you can hold him to account later — the policeman in the device can take that right away with no appeal.

Here is a video composed by Dr. Geist outlining how you could fight back.

I was totally unaware of this issue as I have been busy with studies. Thanks to Dan from More Notes From Underground for informing about this. Dan writes from Toronto, Canada like me. He does have a very nice informative style of writing. You should check out his blog and leave a nice comment for him.