On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 2:47 AM, James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hey John. Not sure we why at WMC should be interested?
Can you explain
further...
Why wouldnt WMC be interested in changes to laws in Canada that reduce
free cultural exchange?
Michael Geist does a great job of explaining it.
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6225/125/
Canada is one of the last remaining bastians against the US-led IP
reforms occurring across the world. normalising at 70pma isnt the
objective. As soon as all major nations are 70pma, we'll see a higher
number adopted by some countries, and the other nations will be forced
to normal again, at a higher number.
From a copyright perspective, Canada *is* a better
hosting location
for Wikimedia projects (as opposed to US, at least). We should
fight
to protect that, so they have a good place to go if the US environment
becomes a problem.
See also this thread
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-August/004080.ht…
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John Vandenberg