Ubercanadiancyberlawprof Michael Geist on Canada's proposed new copyright law (Canada Introduces New Copyright Bill).

There is simply no denying that the lobbying efforts of the copyright owners, particularly the music industry, have paid off as they are the big winners in this bill. The bill focuses almost exclusively on creating new rights for this select group including a new making available right, legal protection for technological protection measures, legal protection for rights management information, the ability to control the first distribution of material in tangible form, new moral rights for performances, a reproduction right for performers, and an adjustment in the term of protection for sound recordings....Anyone who has followed copyright reform history will not be surprised to learn that individual Canadians are the big losers today.