Satan's Evil Twin Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Idiotic Copyright Comparisons in Canadian Parliament Politicians are always going the extra mile for their supporters, and nothing spells that out more clearly than this video, taken from the Canadian Parliaments discussion into C-11, the current attempt to give Hollywood what they want in Canada. In it, MP Dean Del Mastro tries to make a comparison for format shifting, and why it’s ‘bad‘, using socks. “It’s like going to a clothing store and buying a pair of socks and going back and saying by the way it wasn’t socks that I needed, what i really wanted was shoes. So I’m just going take these, I’m gonna format shift from socks to shoes and I’m not gonna pay anything because it was all for my feet,” he says. Of course he gets it COMPLETELY wrong. If you wanted to explain format shifting using socks accurately, you’d do something more along the lines of: Say you bought a pair of socks, and took them home. But then your hands are cold not your feet. Format shifting would mean you could use the socks elsewhere, and for the same purpose – to keep an extremity warm – by putting them on your hands. Del Mastro’s comparison is so ludicrous though, that other MP’s are quick to laugh, we can only hope AT him. Not that is new territory for his party either, as Conservative colleague James Moore has made countless poorly informed statements when talking on copyright bills, such as calling all opponents of C-32 (c-11′s predecessor) ‘radical extremists‘. Left, right, up, down, we can all agree this guy is a moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I'm so glad we elected these guys to make laws on things they have such a thorough understanding of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 lol. You guys voted for Harper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwo Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Fascists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truculence Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 lol. You guys voted for Harper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwo Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 4 out of 10 people voted for them and they have the majority. real democratic........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwo Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 More like ~27%... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverpig Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 was it 27%? I thought it was 39% of the popular vote. anyway first past the post rep democracy is a joke of system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Dear conservatives, The more you try to make it easier to enforce copyrights the more the internet will out inovate you and find a new and improved way to steal it. The real way for the industry to protect itself is to provide decent service at a how price (like say Itunes) and for artists to provide services that can't be downloaded (like concerts). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Situation Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 The best way is to have free services like Hulu where you can watch the episodes with some advertisements in the background and some commercials beforehand. The advertisements are not a big deal and most people would rather do that then go to some shady site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 The best way is to have free services like Hulu where you can watch the episodes with some advertisements in the background and some commercials beforehand. The advertisements are not a big deal and most people would rather do that then go to some shady site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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