Adam Doan

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I am writing to express my opposition to the proposed changes to the Canadian Copyright framework outlined here: https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/693.nsf/eng/00192.html

It is my belief that the role of the government should be primarily in protecting the rights and freedoms of the Canadian people. In a landscape where capitalist corporations and lobbying groups exert a constant pressure to restrict our rights and freedoms, there is no other advocate for the Canadian people. Corporations already have a number of mechanisms to protect their copyrighted content and have been able to thrive in the current environment. Despite soaring profits of Netflix and Disney, these corporations cry injustice. All the while, they exert their will through their money, lobbying groups, legal representation, and technology in order to strengthen their position and limit disrupting factors and competition. The imbalance of power is already so stacked against the Canadian citizen. Rather than caving to their demands, the Canadian government should take steps to strengthen the freedoms of its citizenship.

Heavy handed copyright protection mechanisms are too prone to abuse by motivated parties. The best example of this is the content ID and DMCA strike system implemented by YouTube. Time and time again we have seen this system abused in order to extort content creators, silence critics, and crush competition. Corporate interests will not hesitate to use any mechanism available to them to achieve their goals. There is no question that they will use these new measures the same way that they do the other existing mechanisms.

Strategies of website blocking and de-indexing apply disproportionately to the already disadvantaged and underprivileged demographics, and they will have no effect on the activities of the technologically advanced actors. Savvy individuals who want access to the restricted content will leverage new and existing techniques to circumvent the website blocking systems and continue their activities.

Laws such as those proposed here are a threat to open web and the ability of the population to share information freely. It's my opinion that they create a slippery slope to further attacks on internet freedom for little to no actual value. They create opportunities for abuse and the imposition of corporate will on the Canadian populace. We need you to stand for us and strengthen our protections.

Thanks for your time and consideration.