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I've already submitted a question on burdensome copyright laws
that cater to big media and the pressure from the states. If
others ask the same thing ....<br>
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On 3/30/2011 7:12 PM, unsolicited wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4D93B8C1.4010600@swiz.ca" type="cite">Russell
McOrmond wrote, On 03/30/2011 5:52 PM:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">(Copying to the Canada-wide DCC and the
KWLug discussion forums. Hope
<br>
cross-posting won't cause a problem.)
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</blockquote>
.
<br>
.
<br>
.
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Example Electoral District: The
Kitchener-Waterloo
<br>
<br>
Incumbent is Peter Braid, one of the MPs who attended every one
of the
<br>
20 meetings of the special legislative committee on C-32. He
wasn't
<br>
the most visible, vocal or most controversial member (within his
party
<br>
or within the committee), but within his questions to MPs you
could
<br>
see he had a unique perspective.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Russell - sorry to put you in this position, but is it your
impression that Peter Braid tended towards the FOSS perspective,
or not?
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Please do *NOT* get distracted by the
national
<br>
campaign and believe this is about Conservatives vs Liberals.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Ouch.
<br>
<br>
Although your comment may be true for the particular Copyright
issue, there's more than just that riding on our choice of
candidate. Sadly, this fuzzes up the choosing criteria.
<br>
<br>
Particularly if, as I believe, the next parliament will again be a
minority, and our choice is effectively choosing which party will
form the government.
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Let them know that while young voters
haven't tended
<br>
to vote, young people are very interested in technology issues.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Russell - do you happen to know that this is actually true in the
K-W riding? The University of Waterloo and Wilfred Laurier
University are here, as well as Conestoga College. (Waterloo's
population grows quite significantly come September.) I thought
young people here voted quite vigorously, but that's an
impression, not a researched factual statement.
<br>
<br>
Thanks for pointing this (next below) out, good to know and have
to hand:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"> Mr Braid has seen my "4 things in my
hand" presentation, so has been
<br>
introduced to the idea that there are potentially 4 owners to
consider
<br>
in digital copyright legislation. He will hopefully understand
what
<br>
someone from his constituency would mean if they asked how he
would
<br>
work to protect all owners implicated by digital copyright
legislation
<br>
(I would be very interested to know if that is true, and whether
he
<br>
understood the issue!)
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"> Hope this is helpful
<br>
</blockquote>
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Absolutely. Thank you so much for the post.
<br>
<br>
<br>
I have a feeling ... the means to an end, or rather, the means
that were effective in actually getting you to the desired end,
are seldom the same for any two issues, and only self-evident
after the fact.
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