The Canadian Press covers the online fight for fair copyright and against Bill C-61.
Canadian Press on the Canadian Copyfight
August 18, 2008
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Finally something in French
Short versions of these articles from Canadian Press appear in Metro Montreal and 24 heures Montreal, in French.
Here is one more in French: [ link ]
Two more in French
Two more in French:
[ link ]
[ link ]
please repost them to Facebook and elsewhere.
Inaccurate Reporting
This should be front page news. As far as the CTV report, there are some inaccuracies. Bill C-61 is not a carbon copy of the U.S. DMCA, it’s worse. The download fines are per infringement, $500 for each content holder, i.e. 3 credits = $1500 x number of songs.
While it’s good to have mainstream media coverage. I wish some reporters would do their homework.