New Copyright Bill: Consumers Come Last

Industry Minister Jim Prentice today introduced into the House of Commons an Act to Amend the Copyright Act [1] that imported the worst aspects of the American DMCA while leaving consumers digitally locked on the outside looking in.  Highlights:  good ISP liability regime, long overdue time and format-shifting exceptions.  Lowlights:  those consumer exceptions - indeed, almost all user rights under copyright law, including fair dealing - are trumped by digital locks.  We now know the Conservative vision of copyright, and it's bleak:  digital distributors are king, and Canadian consumers come last. 
CIPPIC Media Release (version française incluse) [2]