[h3 class="entry-header"][a href="vny!://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/13/canadians-flocking-t.html"]Canadians flocking to anti-DMCA Facebook group; what you can do[/a][/h3] [div class="entry-body"] How pissed are Canadians about the new copyright bill, Bill C61, which was introduced without any consultation and which makes it a crime to upload clips to YouTube or use a region-free DVD player? Way pissed. [em]Ten thousand[/em] more Canadians signed up for the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group in the day following the Bill's introduction, bringing the grand total up to 50,000. Michael Geist has more ways you can show the government what you think of these shenanigans. [/p][blockquote] [ol][li]1. [a href="vny!://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseOfCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx?Menu=HOC"]Write to your MP[/a], the [a href="mailto:%
[email protected],%
[email protected]"]Industry Minister[/a], the [a href="mailto:%
[email protected]"]Canadian Heritage Minister[/a], and the [a href="mailto:%
[email protected]"]Prime Minister[/a].
If you send an email, be sure to print it out and drop a copy in the mail ([span style="text-decoration: underline;"]no stamp is needed[/span] - c/o
House of Commons, Ottawa, ON, K1A0A6). If you are looking for a sample letter, visit [a href="vny!://www.copyrightforcanadians.ca/action/firstlook/"]Copyright for Canadians[/a].[/li] [/p][li]2. Take 30 minutes from your summer, to meet directly with your MP. From late June through much of the summer, your MP will be back in your local community attending local events and making themselves available to meet with constituents. Give them a call and ask for a meeting. Every MP in the country should return to Ottawa in the fall having heard from their constituents on this issue.[/li] [/p][li]3. If you are not a member of the [a href="vny!://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6315846683"]Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group[/a], join. If you are, consider joining or starting a local chapter and be sure to educate your friends and colleagues about the issue and starting working through the list of [a href="vny!://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2431/125/"]30 things you can do[/a].[/li][/ol] [/blockquote] [a href="vny!://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3031/125/"]Link[/a] [/div]
