Documentary on Canada's DMCA

A group of Canadian copyfighters produced this mini-documentary, “C-61,” about the proposed new Canadian copyright law, which the US government is pressuring Canada to pass (that’s why the USA added Canada to a nonsensical list of pirate nations). Previous attempts to pass this bill have been a disgrace — famously, former Industry Minister Jim Prentice refused to discuss the bill with Canadian record labels, artists, tech firms, or telcos, but did meet with American and multinational entertainment and software giants to allow them to give their input. In the bill’s earlier incarnation as C-60, its sponsor, Sam Bulte, was caught taking campaign contributions from the same US and multinational entertainment companies, and went berserk at a town hall meeting when questioned about it, decrying “user-rights zealots and EFF members.”

“C-61” does a good job of explaining what passing American-style copyright in Canada would mean and why it’s a bad idea. I contributed some narration to it, as well!

C-61