{"id":1975,"date":"2012-03-14T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T22:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2012-03-14T18:00:02","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T22:00:02","slug":"few-changes-to-bill-c-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/?p=1975","title":{"rendered":"Few Changes To Bill C-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill C-11<\/strong> appears to have passed through the committee review almost as is.<\/p>\n

The amendments proposed by the entertainment industry in regards to a levy on mp3 players<\/strong> and additional limitations on fair dealing<\/strong> and user generated content<\/strong> have been rejected.<\/p>\n

Also rejected were the calls for the identification of internet users and the introduction of RIAA<\/strong> style prosecutions to Canada<\/strong> that could have resulted in the prosecution of social networking sites like Facebook and search engines like Google<\/p>\n

The prosecution of sites and services that “provide a service primarily for the purpose of enabling acts of copyright infringement” may still be a possibility. But this is expected to go through further processes. And whether website blocking<\/strong> will be part of these processes is unknown.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the technological protection measure<\/strong> provisions remain intact.<\/p>\n

This means private copying<\/strong> will remain limited to material that has not been copy protected<\/strong> and individuals will not be able to obtain equipment or software that enables them to view films from other regions.<\/p>\n

Canadians are able to view Region 0 DVDs<\/strong>, Region 1 DVDs<\/strong> and Region A Blu-Ray discs<\/strong> on their store bought equipment. But unfortunately some films are not released in those region codes.<\/p>\n

Blu-Ray<\/strong> regional coding may have resulted in better access to Asian films. But many European films appear to stay off Canadian<\/strong> shelves because of their lack of popularity in the states. <\/p>\n

Academy Award<\/strong> nominated films and film festival winners do get through but the lesser known titles and some older films, concerts and music video compilations are generally placed in limbo in North America.<\/p>\n

Hopefully these films will make their way onto online services like iTunes<\/a> and Netflix<\/a> in the future. But I think it is rather ridiculous to demand Canadian consumers<\/strong> purchase DVDs<\/strong> and Blu-ray discs<\/strong> from North American distributors that either refuse to carry films or delay their release for years.<\/p>\n

Blu-ray discs<\/strong> and DVDs<\/strong> released in North America have always been my first choice. Importing from Europe is expensive because of the shipping and handling so I’d rather purchase them locally. But how can I purchase something that is not available here ?<\/p>\n

Where are many of the Louis De Funes<\/strong> films ? Where are the Region 0<\/strong> or Region 1<\/strong> versions of a-ha<\/strong>‘s “Headlines and Deadlines<\/a>\"\"“, Johnny Hallyday<\/strong>‘s “Master Serie<\/a>\"\"” and Les Rita Mitsouko<\/strong>‘s special edition of “Bestov<\/a>\"\"” ?<\/p>\n

I’m sure I am not alone in being frustrated by a lack of selection of foreign, non-Hollywood film and music DVDs<\/strong> and Blu-Ray discs<\/strong> in Canada. And the technological protection measure<\/strong> provisions isolates the Canadian consumer from this material, which is unacceptable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bill C-11 appears to have passed through the committee review almost as is. The amendments proposed by the entertainment industry in regards to a levy on mp3 players and additional limitations on fair dealing and user generated content have been rejected. Also rejected were the calls for the identification of internet users and the introduction […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4,6,7],"tags":[112,249,252,253,608,750,934],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}