In Canada: Cache a page, go to jail?

Iria · Jul 19, 2005, 04:44 PM

The legislation in question, Bill C-60, is designed to amend Canada's Copyright Act by implementing parts of the 1996 World Intellectual Property Organization treaty, the treaty that led to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the U.S.

Set for debate and an initial vote in the House of Commons after Parliament's summer break, C-60 addresses things such as file-sharing, anticopying devices and the liability of Internet service providers and would tighten the Copyright Act in ways favorable to record labels and movie studios.

But according to Howard Knopf, a copyright attorney at the Ottawa firm of Macera & Jarzyna, a brief passage in the bill could mean trouble for search engines and other companies that archive or cache Web content.

"The way it reads, arguably what they're saying is that the very act of making a reproduction by way of caching is illegal," Knopf said.
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Nuke209 · Jul 19, 2005, 06:37 PM

HAHA, that's funny

Like Peter said
"Canada sucks.....Bunch of freeloading canadians!"

lolol j/k j/k :-P

Jul 19, 2005, 04:44 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	In Canada: Cache a page, go to jail? The legislation in question, Bill C-60, is designed to amend Canada's Copyright Act by implementing parts of the 1996 World Intellectual Property Organization treaty, the treaty that led to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the U.S. Set for debate and an initial vote in the House of Commons after Parliament's summer break, C-60 addresses things such as file-sharing, anticopying devices and the liability of Internet service providers and would tighten the Copyright Act in ways favorable to record labels and movie studios. But according to Howard Knopf, a copyright attorney at the Ottawa firm of Macera & Jarzyna, a brief passage in the bill could mean trouble for search engines and other companies that archive or cache Web content. "The way it reads, arguably what they're saying is that the very act of making a reproduction by way of caching is illegal," Knopf said. __________ Read More / Source: News.com

Jul 19, 2005, 06:37 PM	#2
Nuke209 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul Posts: 568 Rep Power: 0	HAHA, that's funny Like Peter said "Canada sucks.....Bunch of freeloading canadians!" lolol j/k j/k :-P __________________ 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX