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Don't know what to make of this. Scape, you are our resident wikileaks expert. What say you?
http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2005/01/05OTTAWA268.html$1:
Created: 2005-01-28 15:03
I'd say whatever Paul Martin was up to, was no good.
I'm more concerned about this one:
Wikileaks Diplomatic Cable: US Pulled the Strings in Previous Canadian DMCA$1:
It revolved around the, at the time, Bill C-61. That particular bill was something we reviewed back in 2008. Among the things it would have done is legalize the Sony Rootkit, issue fines of $500 – $20,000 per infringement, and put forth copyright laws, including anti-circumvention, that is worse than the American DMCA law.
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An influential Liberal MP on intellectual property issues separately told EMIN on February 26 that the copyright bill would receive widespread support from the Conservative, Liberal, and Bloc Quebecois parties if and when the GOC sends it to Parliament.
Never do that again.