This is classic! The ministers that are introducing this copyright bill have admited to contradicting it by having lots of music and TV shows on their iPods.<\/p>\n
“Last year James Moore admitted he watched \u201cmore television on my iPod than I do on an actual conventional television set or through my personal video recorder.\u201d (Canwest News, May 10, 2009) Under his own government\u2019s previous copyright legislation, Bill C-61, this would have been illegal, making Minister Moore liable to punitive fines and jail time. Why is Mr. Moore today proposing legislation that might limit his own use of digital material?<\/p>\n
Industry Minister Tony Clement amassed a whopping 10,452 song collection on his iPod by breaking Canada\u2019s existing copyright laws (Canwest May 27, 2010). Today in the Globe and Mail, digital rights expert Michael Geist said he\u2019s \u201cexpecting the legislation will lack a flexible \u2018fair dealing\u2019 provision that gives users broader leeway to use copyrighted works without permission for legal purposes such as research, reporting, or private study.\u201d (Globe and Mail, June 1 2010)”<\/p>\n