Minister vows to fight music-swappers

[The Hunter]

We all figured that the Canadian Goverment would move quickly to stop filesharing as quickly as possible, after the court ruling that filesharing was legal. Now in this article the Canadian Heritage Minister confirms that "Downloading" will be stopped as quickly as possible.

Music downloaders may have a short honeymoon from potential prosecution as the new federal Heritage Minister has promised to punish music file sharers. ''We are going to make sure that downloading stays illegal,'' said Helene Scherrer, a rookie Quebec MP sworn in as minister last December. ''We will make it a priority so it is done as quickly as possible.''Officials at Heritage Canada, in tandem with Industry Canada, will soon meet to draft legislation to amend a loophole in the Copyright Act that permits music downloading

Full Article Here:http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040413.wxrmusi1304/BNStory/Business/

[Shawn]

Nothing really saying it will pass before they are forced to dissolve for the election. It more than likely would not.

Beyond that, I wonder about her wording.

[The Hunter]

How true on all counts, as if she tries to stop downloading it will open a very large can of worms, and it also shows that she doesnt have a clue about what is going on. :scratchin:

[Shawn]

I sent the little dear a letter encouraging her to move to a milder climate more attuned to her political ideology.

heh, I pointed out she wasn't very Canadian being bought out so clearly by industry.

[The Hunter]

:good job: I am quite sure that your wording would be much better than anything i would send her. Although I was severly tempted to tell her to never piss in my cornflakes. Although you know Im too much of a gentleman to ever type words like that. :rolleyes:

[Shawn]

;)

[Ken]

Let this be a lesson to everyone though.

There is no place on planet Earth, where corruption doesn't rear it's ugly head.

Finding a "safe" place isn't going to be the perminent saving of P2P.

Edited April 13, 2004 by Ken