Comments on: Canadian DMCA: The Rough Guide

By: Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » The rough guide to Canada cultural funding cuts

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:35:34 +0000

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By: Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » Galacticast on the Canadian DMCA

Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » Galacticast on the Canadian DMCA — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:00:13 +0000

[...] « previous post mediated Galacticast on the Canadian DMCA The wacky folks over at Galacticast, everyone’s favourite weirdo sci-fi parody blog, has released its own take on the looming Canadian DMCA: [...]

By: graeme

graeme — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:47:23 +0000

Actually, my understanding is that ‘fair use’ is much more broad in Canada. Not so much through direct legislation, but a series of loop holes in current statutes.

For example, it is legal for me to copy a CD and post it on a P2P server. It is illegal for someone else to download it.

Most of #3 comes from some pretty reputable sources…if you’d like to throw up a link that backs your stuff up, by all means. I want folks to have access to all the right info.

By: Chris Brand

Chris Brand — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:08:32 +0000

Decent summary, but I’m afraid you’re a little optimistic about the current state of copyright law in Canada. You mention several things under “3″ that aren’t actually legal here now.
Parody ? “Fair use” in the USA, yes, but not in Canada.
Share copyrighted material with your friends ? Depends on exactly what you mean. As long as no copying is involved, you’re fine, but you can’t legally burn a copy of a CD and give it to a friend, for example.
Copies for personal use ? Ok for music (well, at least to blank CDs – to a hard-drive is debatable) but nothing else. Not even for back-up.
“Time shifting” ? Nope. Not fair dealing (Yes, that means using your VCR, let alone tivo is actually illegal in Canada).
“Device shifting” ? Another one that’s legal in the US but not here.

Many people think that we have the same “fair use” rights here that they enjoy in the US, but it just isn’t so.

By: Beijing York

Beijing York — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:53:12 +0000

I tried posting a link to Facebook three times and it doesn’t seem to want to upload.

Thanks for the concise overview of what we stand to lose if this draconian change to copyright passes.

By: Scott’s DiaTribes » Blog Archive » Copyright Bill on hold till the New Year

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:47:24 +0000

[...] in this Copyright Bill as it stands and why so many of us are opposed to it, check out this post at Nunc Scio. Graeme does a good a job as any at explaining the many faults of the bill as it [...]

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:59:03 +0000

My birthday party is turning into a petition signing party against this. I passed the link around and all my non political speaking musician friends thank you. . .

By: Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » DMCA Update: New bill won’t be introduced until at least January

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:49:23 +0000

[...] news. It gives us a little more time to prepare to fight this damaging legislation. December 13th, 2007 by graeme in mediated | trackback url digg_bgcolor = [...]

By: graeme

graeme — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:13:53 +0000

Thanks for the links, guys. I’m glad this was useful.

By: Rick Dolishny

Rick Dolishny — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:46:26 +0000

Well done.

I’d still like to actually read the thing though.