You’ve got to be @#$%ing me? Last time I checked, the Canadian Government was to be elected and funded by the Canadian people to protect our interests from threats foreign and domestic, not bought off by Big Media to not only ignore the people’s interests, but to actively harm us with draconian laws that obliterate traditional and vital principles of Fair Use, but the cardinal doctrine of presumption of innocence.

Here’s an idea: Instead of taking Big Media money and wasting our tax dollars prosecuting Canadian citizens for Fair Use of media we bought and paid for, why don’t you prosecute Big Media for criminal stupidity for failing to evolve their business model to not only keep up with the information age, but leverage it for Google-sized profits. Instead of letting them turn on, and try to feed off their own customers as desperate middle-men struggle to keep their mob-like control over content and distribution in a world that never wanted — and no longer needs — them, fine them for every penny they ever extorted from creators and bilked from consumers, and lock them up wasting our Governments sorely needed resources for their own selfish, and final, death throws.

Thanks much.

Controversial copyright reform to be unveiled Thursday

The new Copyright Act has been updated to reflect the growth of digital media and is said to include a number of contentious provisions including:

– A $500 fine for each illegal file shared online

– Making it illegal to unlock cellphones or copy music from protected CDs to iPods

– Forbidding the right to copy “time shifted” shows onto personal video recorders if flagged by broadcasters.