Parliament set to fast track US lobbyist piracy bill without any debate
That's right, the Conservative government is set to put in motion Bill C-59 without any hearings, or independent study being put forth.
The MPAA snaps it's fingers, and we do anything to quickly please them. It's no wonder that we don't have a thriving domestic film industry, with knee-jerk politicians deciding what is good for us.
Let's be clear, camcording is piracy there is no doubt about that. But without clear studies on the impact of Canadian piracy - especially something that is so short term (camcording effects theatrical runs, as its low-quality-audience-in-frame-people-talking-in-the-background DVD's are quickly abandoned once proper DVD copies can be made from studio replicated copies), we are just blindly accepting what a powerful US lobby group tells us to do without batting an eye, and only putting a Band-Aid on the actual problem.
Dr. Michael Geist (the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa) has the best overview of the new bill on his site which I urge you to read.
Michael Geist: Canada Anti-Camcording Bill
