Second reading of C-48

From: mskala _-at-_ ansuz.sooke.bc.ca
To: canada-dmca-opponents (at) flora.org
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 23:05:54 -0500 (EST)

Yesterday Parliament went through second reading of Bill C-48.  This is
the one to create a compulsory licensing regime for Internet television
retransmission - basically, a law to deal with JumpTV.  The debate is at:

   http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/1/parlbus/chambus/house/debates/147_2002-02-22/HAN147-E.htm#SOB-140921

and my analysis is at the top of

   http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/lebwog.html

I don't have strong feelings about these television retransmission issues;
I'm more interested in the "digital copyright" side of things, with issues
like those raised by the DMCA.  However, I know some of you have been
following the television stuff, and I think the speeches made yesterday
about television retransmission may give us some clues as to how
Parliamentarians will treat other digital copyright issues.  We basically
got one speech from each of the five major parties.  Of those, the NDP
sounded most favorable to our interests, the BQ seemed to have paid
closest attention to the comment process, the Liberal speech was just
marketing, the Alliance speech had a disturbing slant towards "property
rights" *but* said some things against the blank media levy, and the
Conservative speech devolved into a rant against satellite TV "piracy".  
More detail at the above links.

Matthew Skala
mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca                    Embrace and defend.
http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/

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