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Submission from Jonathan Wilsdon received on September 8, 2001 via e-mail
Subject: Canadian Copyright Reform
To Industry Canada, the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Intellectual Property Policy Directorate and other concerned agencies:I am a student currently enrolled in the Computer Science program at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. I am a dual citizen of the US and Canada, and have lived and gone to school in both countries. Since the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was passed in the US I have had to reconsider the benefits of being able to work there. Currently I would be much happier finding a career job in Canada, even though I would have a larger salary in the US, based largely on the fact that Canada does not have legislation similar to that of the DMCA. The DMCA is currently under legal challenge and restricts the use and creation of software and tools necessary to exercise lawful uses, many of which are important for continued innovation and improvement in technology.
I am writing to voice my disapproval of the extreme intellectual property provisions of the Consultation Paper on Digital Copyright Issues (CPCDI). The measures presented are based on the US DMCA and are a violation of the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms guarantee of freedom of speech. The amendments they make to the Canadian Copyright Act are simply unacceptable and will be a severe limiting factor in the creation and refinement of technology. If the amendments are made my desire to work and live in this country will be significantly diminished which may lead to trying to find work in a country where I am guaranteed freedom of speech.
I strongly urge you to remove these controversial and anti-freedom provisions from the CPDCI language. The DMCA is already an international debacle. Its flaws should not be imported and forced on Canadians.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Wilsdon
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