Bill C-11 or: “Why this bill isn’t the ‘NEW SOPA’ like some people would want you to believe.”

Canadian tumblr users, calm yo tits. Bill C-11 is nothing like SOPA from what I’ve read so far, and is in fact…like the Copyright bills that we already have, with some acceptable changes that make sense with the recent times.

If any of you have actually taken time to read the official bill, which to be honest…I doubt you have, you would’ve noticed that you can still use PVRs, copy CDs onto your iPods, and all that jazz… As long as it’s for personal use, and you’re not making money off of it.

Reproduction for Private Purposes

Reproduction for private purposes

29.22 (1) It is not an infringement of copyright for an individual to reproduce a work or other subject-matter or any substantial part of a work or other subject-matter if

(a) the copy of the work or other subject-matter from which the reproduction is made is not an infringing copy;

(b) the individual legally obtained the copy of the work or other subject-matter from which the reproduction is made, other than by borrowing it or renting it, and owns or is authorized to use the medium or device on which it is reproduced;

(c) the individual, in order to make the reproduction, did not circumvent, as defined in section 41, a technological protection measure, as defined in that section, or cause one to be circumvented;

(d) the individual does not give the reproduction away; and

(e) the reproduction is used only for private purposes.

So in other words, it’s what we already do, but fixed for the modern age of technology.

So Canadians, you’ve got nothing to worry about. This bill is thankfully SOPA done RIGHT. 

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That awkward moment when you already know that ACTA’s passed in some places, including the place you live, but you don’t want to break the news to everyone.