Canadian Piracy/Copyright Laws: Things Are About to Get Stupid
In an almost laughable attempt to put pressure on our government to push through "better" copyright laws, the Office of the US Trade Representative bumped Canada from "Watch List" to "Priority Watch List". Ooooo, I feel so guilty. What’s next, is the FDA going to put us on a watch list for smoking too much pot? Perhaps we need a new threat level indicator to show the world just how dangerously forward thinking we are.
Department of Homeland Security, I’ve got a patent on this chart, just for the record.
Seriously, does anyone under the age of 40 buy this bullshit anymore? So the Canadian government is a bit slow on bowing to our corporate masters and selling out it’s citizens for blatant greed, and that’s somehow bad I guess? Would you prefer our law enforcement to start arresting students and have our lawyers bankrupt single moms? Will that put us back on "Watch List" status? Who is dumb enough to feel pressured by this pretense?
While the rest of the world is already starting to move on, realizing the silliness and poor logic of the American copyright laws, our government once again wants to try to keep us in the stone age. Yes that’s right, our pals in parliament are still trying hard to pass this stupid bill, and if it goes through you can say goodbye to Canadians being the leaders in innovation and creativity as technology exponentially advances. We’ll be stuck passing songs down from mouth to mouth like we did before they invented the phonograph.
Hey, since we’re on the subject of our government doing creepy things, did you know a superior court recently determined that law enforcement does not need a warrant to spy on you while you’re online? You can blame the pedophiles for this one… of course the issue is this: if we can’t spy on our citizens, how will we catch these child pornographers? Those god damned pedophiles, always ruining things for us.
The problem with this is what happens when our government starts to abuse this system to spy on and manipulate its people? What if some far right wing-nut cop doesn’t like what I say about his religion? Could he decide to dig up information on me and use it to harass me? There’s nothing like a massive police raid on your home to teach someone a lesson. Will bloggers start disappearing mysteriously for posting their opinions online? Of course I’m being paranoid, but hey, it’s certainly not impossible is it? Words are the only way we can currently fight back against oppression and an out of control government. The only other option involves forming an underground resistance movement comprising of hackers and hockey stick wielding henchmen.
Back to the copyright stuff: Does the rest of the world even blink when the American government does stuff like this? These organizations seem like that spoiled child who breaks into someones house and the corporations are like the greedy parents who sue because the child was restrained by the homeowners.
Why does the Office of the US Trade Representative even bother? According to this guy the USTR are over-exaggerating this whole thing just to put some pressure on our government. Don’t buy this crap ladies and gentlemen. Remember that the only people who care about their precious films and music being stolen are the ones that already make a fortune, aka the mainstream sellouts and the companies that manage them.
If you want to learn more about the reality of the whole piracy situation, you can buy or download a documentary on Canadian piracy here. Also a great Swedish one here.
July 30th, 2011 at 10:17 am
Too many copmlienmts too little space, thanks!
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February 2nd, 2012 at 1:56 pm
This was the worst minute of life and now i can't take back those terrible moments.
Signed, Get a New Website
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