Sam Trosow: Introduction of Copyright Bill Delayed?

Sam Trosow: Introduction of Copyright Bill Delayed?

The government failed to comprehend how important copyright issues have become to more and more average Canadians from different walks of life, and how any government that listens only to the entertainment industry lobbyists on such a popular issue does so at its peril. It’s likely they failed to understand this because they have not been listening to average Canadians. They have been listening to the United States government and lobbyist for the largely U.S.-based entertainment industries that desperately want Canada to mirror some of the worst aspects of U.S. Copyright law. And while the text of the bill has been closely guarded and not made available to the public, it is generally thought that the bill was going to satisfy most of these demands coming from south of the border.