Citizen Bane

I don’t know how many of you are following the plight of Canadian copyright reform.  I am.  I’m not sure why; I have no stake per se.  I do not produce content on which I rely on copyright enforcement for remuneration.  As far as I’m concerned the material I produce at least with respect to my writing on this blog is Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives,  meaning pass it around as much as you want for free, but mention my name, don’t charge money for it and don’t alter it or add to it.  It is what it is.  I suppose my interest in copyright and copyright laws stem from the implications it has on us in everyday life, especially the implication to those of us who contribute content to the internet.

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I am ever so pissed that Google didn’t roll out the Google Music service in Canada.  This is probably more cross border rights bull shit that works against everything that the Internet stands for.  The same kind of crap is what’s keeping Hulu.com in the US alone.  I’m a little irrational right now because I really hate this kind of crap.  Ya sure it’ll eventually make its way up here, this however does nothing for me right now!  I insist on being able to punch “More Than Words” into Google search and instantly be served shitty power ballads…  The Bastards…

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