Canadian DMCA Bill Withdrawn

ToriaUru writes to let us know that Michael Geist is reporting that the Canadian Minister of Industry will not be introducing the proposed Canadian Digital Millennium Copyright Act legislation as scheduled. That proposed legislation, discussed here a couple of weeks back, is now reaching Canada's mainstream press. Geist doesn't speculate on why the legislation is being withdrawn, but it could have something to do with the massive popular outcry against the proposal that Geist helped to orchestrate.

MPAA's response:

[zonky]

Blame Canada [wikipedia.org]

Re:MPAA's response:

[TheSHAD0W]

You know it's not a real country anyway.

Good news, everyone!

[Citizen of Earth]

Wow, this is almost as good news to Canada as Global Warming is!

Re:the evil person in me...

[ToriaUru]

Now, now, in Canada we are civilized! Let's just lob snow balls at him, okay? ;)

Re:Here's how it will PASS... and its underway.

[Anonymous Coward]

"the UN, intergovernmental panel on climate change will discover that Britney's pirated MP3's are actually causing global warming"

I am fully supportive of any UN action that results in less Britney Spears. Pro-piracy, anti-piracy, pro-climate-change, anti-climate-change ... doesn't matter ... if it results in less Britney Spears I'll sign the treaty.

Re:Good Job

[SpaceLifeForm]

The mods around here, a bunch of hosers, eh?

Re:the evil person in me...

[dadragon]

No, no, no! We need to pummel him with Tim Bits!

Re:MPAA's response:

[B3ryllium]

No, their response would be:

"And it would have worked, too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids!!"

Discovering Facebook

[SlashJoel]

This bill was delayed, in part due to the outcry of thousands of ordinary Canadians. Geist set up a Facebook group last week that has grown to over 14,000 members. Check out the video [youtube.com] from Question Period in Parliament today. My favourite quote from a member of the opposition NDP: "They tabled the bill this morning now three hours later he's telling me he's got cold feet? What, did he just discover Facebook this morning?"

Re:Good news, everyone!

[Viceroy Potatohead]

Wow, this is almost as good news to Canada as Global Warming is!

To Hell with that! Where am I supposed to live once my igloo melts, huh? Global warming is effing with our housing markets here, gawdamit.

On a side note, I was curious: I ran ' "igloo for sale" ' in Google and got 910 results. ' "Igloos for sale" ' got 1970. Granted, no actual igloos are for sale AFAICT, but still... Who. in reality, ever has a need to say those phrases? It reminds me of George Carlin's thoughts on shoving a red hot poker up your ass (I'm too lazy to link).

Re:likely US reaction

[Robber Baron]

"Introduce this bill again, pronto, or we'll flatten Toronto!"

Please do!

- signed, the rest of Canada.