Liberals propose amendments to Conservatives’ copyright bill to protect the rights of artistsQuote:
The Liberal Party will seek to introduce a new Private Copying Compensation Payment of $35 million to be transferred to Canadian artists each year, through the Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC). Liberals are proposing a new statutory program, written in law within the Copyright Act, which will increase at the rate of inflation and be reviewed every five years.
“The Liberal Party does not support the iPod levy. It is not sustainable in a world of changing technology, and is unpopular with consumers,” said Marc Garneau, Liberal Industry, Science and Technology Critic. “Canadians are already using multipurpose media devices to listen to music, like Blackberries, iPhones, iPads and computer livestreaming, on which the levy would not apply.”
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The Liberal Party will also seek to amend C-32 in order to:
* Restrict the education exemption by clearly defining “education” and inserting a clear and strict test for “fair” use for education purposes;
* Re-insert the right of ephemeral recordings;
* Restrict and tighten the language for “mash-ups”;
* Remove the arbitrary 1988 statute on public expositions;
* Introduce a new resale right on art, similar to European laws;
* Ensure the rights of Canadian photographers are comparable to those shared by photographers around the world; and
* Address the overly-restrictive digital lock provisions for personal uses.
More evidence that the Liberal party has no idea what the problem is with digital locks. They don't pose any problem for people who pirate copyrighted content. There is no such thing as a "secure" digital lock. All they do is harm the consumer. The pirates will remove the lock and continue sharing the unlocked material. From the consumers perspective, the unlocked media is then much more useful than the legally acquired locked one.
There is no party that is willing to save us from U.S. media corporations dictating our copyright law.
CKA Elite 
