Stephen Harper fellates moose, result is Bill C-61
It seems our fearless leader has gone ahead and let some US lobbyists assist in exercising his anal cavity as the PMO is now attempting to pass what is being called the most anti-consumer bill ever. Bill C-61 is the Canadian version of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the US. I, and many like me, fear that the introduction of this bill will pave the road for bogus takedown notices and corporate bullying. We’ve already had to take it up the ass from the music industry as some of you may recall the “media tax” which was added to blank CDs being sold within Canada, no matter what the customer actually intended to do with the blank CDs. The amount collected was to be paid to recording artists, but really just went to buy private jets for the heads of the Canadian music industry. It was at that moment I decided to stop paying for SOME of the music/movies I wanted to enjoy, but it appears I will be upgrading that to ALL should Bill-C61 pass. I don’t do this to be an asshole, I do it for the satisfaction of knowing that the money I work hard for is not being given to companies which believe the anti-consumer way of doing business is actually getting them anywhere.
More info:
http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2008/06/16/talking-points-to-defeat-bill-c-61/