Alright... As far as C32 goes, yes it's dead (for now), but where does this leave us on UBB? Last I head the CRTC was standing firm, what happens now? Does UBB go into effect until the new government arrives, or is it still on hold?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Paul Nijjar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca">paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 04:43:02PM -0400, Adam Glauser wrote:<br>
> On 3/25/2011 4:18 PM, unsolicited wrote:<br>
>> John Kerr wrote, On 03/25/2011 3:46 PM:<br>
>>> Ok this gives us another chance to make our views known.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Obviously, it is not a high priority. Be sure to button hole<br>
>>> candidates and let them know about FLOSS and how it can save our<br>
>>> governments big bucks.<br>
>><br>
>> REALLY good point John.<br>
>><br>
>> I have two issues:<br>
>><br>
>> (1) I really have no idea what to say. Can someone like Paul put<br>
>> together a blurb for the list? I think such has been done in the past.<br>
>> Or, on issues like this, site links have been posted - could that<br>
>> continue please? e.g. copyright is bigger than us, and links were posted<br>
>> towards addresses on this intricate topic.<br>
><br>
> My thought is this: There were many groups representing<br>
> industries/constituencies important to our region which spoke out<br>
> against the problematic TPM protections in C-32. I'm thinking of groups<br>
> like national student, teacher, library and software/technology<br>
> organizations. A good question would be, given the concerns of these<br>
> groups, what does the candidate intend to do to ensure that these<br>
> concerns are addressed in future legislation?<br>
<br>
</div>Liberals: "This is a very important issue. A Liberal government is<br>
committed to creating copyright legislation that protects the rights<br>
of creators and -- unlike the Conservatives -- will not criminalize<br>
Canadians for conducting daily activities."<br>
<br>
Conservatives: "The conservatives have done more to bring Canadian<br>
copyright into the 21st century than any other party. Through<br>
consultation with Canadians we created legislation that would have<br>
brought Canada into the 21st century -- legislation that allowed time<br>
shifting, format shifting, and mash-ups. Then the Liberals forced this<br>
unnecessary election that Canadians didn't want and thrown us back<br>
into noncompliance of international treaties."<br>
<br>
Everybody else: who cares what they say? They won't get elected.<br>
<br>
Of course I am paraphrasing the responses, but the point is that<br>
reasonable questions like these will not get any substantive promises<br>
or even any substantive information. I think it is worth putting<br>
together some questions we can ask at all-candidates meetings, but<br>
nice people like Adam never get very far in getting their real<br>
concerns addressed. In addition candidates are not accountable for<br>
what they say during election campaigns, as is proved after every<br>
election. If I was not so lazy I would find some of the court cases<br>
that demonstrated this and link to them.<br>
<br>
<br>
- Paul (what? me bitter?)<br>
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