In addition to being placed on the "301" list last week by the office of US trade representative, Michael Geist reports that a US Congressional Caucus has just placed Canada on another "list."
"Because one unfounded and unsupportable designation as a pirate nation is never enough, the U.S. Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus has placed Canada on a watch list alongside China, Mexico, Russia and Spain. This is a separate list from the USTR Special 301 list."
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3990/196/
Just today I revised a chapter that I hadn't read in two years. It discusses Canada's amazing CCH opinion, an opinion that took the US fair use doctrine and broadened it. Copying (fair use) for research, private and commercial is legal in Canada. Downloading for private use is legal, and uploading is not illegal. Canada has taken a pretty clear stand on protecting user rights - the country probably has the broadest user protection of any country. And you can see the results. Obama's committed to enforcing IP rights and will appoint a Czar soon. The content industry will continue to exert pressure, lobbying pressure, on US politicians, and in turn, Canada will continue to be a focus of US attention in this area.
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