Coming copyright changes...

Comments from Industry Canada have suggested that new copyright legislation may be introduced in a few weeks.

To quote Michael Geist (Law Professor at the University of Ottawa):

There is every indication this legislation will be a complete sell-out to U.S. government and lobbyist demands.

In spite of a request for an interview by a CBC radio show (CBC being the national public broadcaster) - the show notes that "we’ve gotten more comments on this than on every other story we’ve posted, combined" - the government's minister of Industry has declined an interview.

All this in a time when government reports aren't suggesting a whole lot of problems. According to Statistics Canada the profitability of the Canadian music industry is increasing, and an Industry Canada study has suggested that:

According to the data there is "a strong positive relationship between peer-to-peer file sharing and CD purchasing. That is, among Canadians actually engaged in it, P2P file sharing increases CD purchases." (HT: Michael Geist)

Perhaps it's time to start working my way down a list of suggested things to do about this