Bill C-11 and the book-burning provision - TVO Search Engine Interview with James Moore

TVO's Search Engine interview of Heritage Minister James Moore by Jesse Brown. Finally, a minister discusses the upcoming copyright legislation. Listen to it on the Search Engine Blog.

The new copyright bill has what some call a 'book burning provision', because the word 'destroy' shows up a lot. For instance, students will be expected to destroy copyright material used in an educational setting after the class is over. Fat chance using these documents the following year for an honours thesis project without being a criminal.

Bill C-11 (a copy of former Bill C-32) has some great 'fair dealing' rules, however they are all trumped by 'digital locks'. Minister James Moore fails to convince me that they strike an appropriate balance between consumers and copyright creators. By instituting a simple digital lock, making backups or changing the format of content consumers buy, even for legit reasons as making the content available for the visually impaired, are trumped by corporate interests.

Multinational corporations win. Canada fails.

(Micheal Geist's comments on the interview)