Two Great re-posts for IP

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Neil Schwartzman" <neil () cauce org>
Date: October 16, 2009 11:23:29 AM PDT
To: "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>
Subject: Two Great re-posts for IP

Michael Geist has been spot-on with regard to the lobbying efforts on  
the part of several special interest groups to kill key provisions in  
bill C-27 currently wending its way through the Canadian legislative  
process

1. The Copyright Lobby's Secret Pressure On the Anti-Spam Bill
Friday October 16, 2009
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4464/125/

As I posted earlier today, the Electronic Commerce Protection Act  
comes to a conclusion in committee on Monday as MPs conduct their  
"clause by clause" review.  While I have previously written about the  
lobbying pressure to water down the legislation (aided and abetted by  
the Liberal and Bloc MPs on the committee) and the CMA's recent effort  
to create a huge loophole, I have not focused on a key source of the  
pressure.  Incredibly, it has been the copyright lobby - particularly  
the software and music industries - that has been engaged in a full  
court press to make significant changes to the bill.

The copyright lobby's interest in the bill has been simmering since  
its introduction, with lobbyists attending the committee hearings and  
working with Liberal and Bloc MPs to secure changes.  The two core  
concerns arise from fears that the bill could prevent surreptitious  
use of DRM and block enforcement initiatives that might involve  
accessing users' personal computers without their permission.

Canadian Marketing Association Attacks Anti-Spam Bill                   
Friday October 16, 2009
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4463/125/

With the final Industry Committee review of C-27, Canada's anti-spam  
legislation, set for Monday afternoon, lobby groups have been  
increasing the pressure all week in an effort to water down many of  
the bill's key protections.  Yesterday, the Canadian Marketing  
Association chimed in with an emergency bulletin to its members  
calling on them to lobby for changes to the bill.  While the CMA was  
very supportive of the bill when it appeared before the committee in  
June, it now wants to kill the core protection in C-27 - a requirement  
for express opt-in consent.

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Neil Schwartzman
Executive Director
CAUCE: The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial
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