This is a concise info page developed by Kempton Lam and Michael Geist to highlight some of the most obvious and identifiable faults with Bill C-61, Minister Prentice’s Canadian DMCA.  Great for helping explain why this bill is so wrong for Canadian citizens.  You can download the pdf here.

Hands Off My DVDs - C-61 prohibits transferring DVDs to a computer or video player, locks out region coded DVDs
Hands Off My iPod - C-61 prohibits transferring copy-controlled CD to iPod
Hands Off My PVR - C-61 prohibits recording broadcast flagged TV shows

Hands Off My Teachers - C-61 forces teachers to destroy their digital lessons after 30 days
Hands Off My Librarians - C-61 forces librarians to use DRM (digital locks) for digital delivery of articles
Hands Off My Film - C-61 is opposed by documentary filmmakers who fear it will make it more difficult to create films
Hands Off My Artwork - C-61 locks out artists from using some works and makes it more difficult to create

Hands Off My Kids - C-61 makes lawsuit against teenagers more likely
Hands Off My Privacy - C-61 makes it more difficult to protect your privacy against DRM’d products
Hands Off My Copyright Rights - C-61 renders fair dealing obsolete in the digital world
Hands Off My Research - C-61 could make our researchers infringers for circumventing for research purposes
Hands Off My Students - C-61 locks out students from accessing their digitally locked electronic books

For more info and find out how to help,  please visit  www.FairCopyrightForCanada.ca and join the Fair Copyright For Canada Facebook groups (both the national and Calgary chapter)

Don’t forget about the Stampede Breakfast Rally tomorrow!

Tags: Canada, Copyright, Law, Politics