Industry Committee Demands a Canadian DMCA

[Gary D]

Industry Committee Demands a Canadian DMCA

Synopsis:

In particular, the report makes the following recommendations:

• ratify the WIPO Internet treaties (seemingly because the U.S. has placed us on the Special 301 list)
• increase damages and penalties under the Copyright Act
• create a new offence for the distribution of pirated works
• create a new offence for the manufacture or distribution of circumvention devices for commercial gain
• create new administrative penalties for the importation of counterfeit and pirated goods
• create a new criminal offence for manufacturing, reproducing, importing, distributing, and selling counterfeit goods
• strengthen civil remedies for counterfeiting and piracy infringement
• increase the resources allocated to the RCMP and Justice to counter counterfeiting and piracy
• prioritize RCMP and Justice copyright enforcement
• encourage prosecutors to seek more significant penalties for counterfeiting and piracy violations, including imprisonment
• create a new IP Crime Task Force
• new border measures, data sharing, and the creation of an IP registry

George Orwell's "1984" is coming truer faster than we will ever think!

Here attached is the whole document: 391_INDU_Rpt08-e.pdf

You can view it with Adobe or Foxit Reader 2.0.

[Chewy]

We could just annex Canada, wonder if there's room for more stars on the flag. Maybe in a "blue moon".