The Charlatan: Copyright or wrong?

The Charlatan: Copyright or wrong?

The new proposed copyright legislation is stiff – so stiff that it fails to meet the needs of the average person in today’s digital society.

The real problems with Bill C-61 are deeper than the potential attention-grabbing $500 to $20,000 fines that threaten those who download.

The illegal downloading sections of the bill serve as a convenient focal point used to divert attention from farther-reaching aspects of the proposed copyright law.

A good look at the bill shows exactly how counter-intuitive to technological advancement it is and how much it will cripple an Internet-driven media landscape that currently allows public access to more information than imaginable.