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While the government should be thanked for funding the programs noted in the previous post they should be careful where they go for funding of their own.
Heritage Minister Bev Oda cancelled a re-election fundraiser organized by a broadcasting executive, citing concerns Tuesday that the event would be negatively perceived. [from the CBC]
No shit! Even if the basic idea of taking money from the people you are suppose to regulate didn’t strike them as touchy, perhaps the fact that there was outcry for the very same thing when the Liberals were still in power earlier this year may have made them smarter but I guess not.
While this fundraiser focused on the TV industry, the first example was hosted by Doug Frith, president of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association, and Graham Henderson, president of the Canadian Recording Industry Association.
By the way, Bev Oda, the Conservative’s Canadian Heritage critic at the time, accepted donations from the same groups.
Boing Boing has commented on both cases most recently stating Canadian copyright czar forced to turn away industry bribes and in the initial case Bulte (Canadian MP) gets big entertainment bucks, promises new copyrights
Further Details/Good Source:
Michael Geist is the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. He also writes a weekly newspaper column called “Law Bytes”. When it comes to legal matters, and I’ve found particularly copyright, I have found no better Canadian perspective than his and his blog is definitely worth checking when such matters are in the news. He covers the Oda matter in three different posts:
Oda Cancels Lobby-Backed Fundraiser
Pressure From Oda Fundraiser Grows
Oda Funding Controversy May Derail Broadcast and Copyright Policy
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