Global News spoke with two experts to discuss how Bill C-11, which went back before the House of Commons for debate on Wednesday, and SOPA will affect Canadians online.
House of Representatives shelved SOPA.īut are Canadians any more aware of what the potential implications are for these proposals? It’s difficult to sift through a myriad of contradictory content online that suggests SOPA and Bill C-11 would limit the scope of the web as we know it while other pundits use words such as “user-friendly” and “freedom” to describe amendments to current copyright laws. The websites made their point and the U.S. – that were on their way to becoming legislation. 19, Canadians watched in awe as key players in the digital world – Wikipedia, Wired, Wordpress and Mozilla to name a few – orchestrated what has been dubbed the “largest protest in history.” The tech companies teamed up in an effort to raise awareness about two copyright bills – Bill C-11 in Canada and the Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA in the U.S. Today, we suggest checking out this Q & A on C-11, signing the petition at, and spreading the word.
There's a lot to handle, but we need to stay strong on all fronts. Another is what we're calling the "Internet Lockdown": initiatives that put individual citizens' rights last, such as Bill C-11, ACTA, TPP, and the now-defunct SOPA bill.Īs we continue to battle the online spying bill (C-30), committee hearings are taking place for the Copyright Modernization Act (C-11). We've been putting most of our effort into stopping online spying lately, but it's just one of a handful of threats to the Internet on the horizon. Global: Answers about the Copyright Modernization Act
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