FAAAAAAAA-VVVVVREEEEEE!!!!!
I mean, one of my favourite players of all time, whom I flew to Wisconsin to watch play, un-retires and after weeks of a three-ring 24/7 clusterfuck, gets traded to my favourite team. And I've already got tickets to see the Jets play in two games this season. Are you fucking kidding me?!?!
This season is going to rule so bad.
SO. BAD.
I'm sitting on my balcony having a beer, and some asshole on my street has his windows wide open and has played Hotel California at least three times in a row.
That is all.
I dunno if everybody has noticed Bill C-61, but it sucks - long, and hard. I'd encourage everyone who likes iPods, music on a computer, streaming video on your XBox, etc., to write their MP and a few other people and kick some shit up about this.
Here's some quick info:
Bill C-61 official table of contents (in case you want to actually read any of it)
Talking Points to Defeat Bill C-61 (anti-bill stance, but the best explanation I could find)
Parliament of Canada (find your MP)
I wrote (and copied/pasted) a letter, and sent it my MP as well as to all these people:
| Right Hon. Stephen Harper | Prime Minister | Harper.S@parl.gc.ca |
| Hon. Jim Prentice | Minister of Industry | Prentice.J@parl.gc.ca |
| Hon. Josée Verner | Minister of Canadian Heritage | Verner.J@parl.gc.ca |
| Hon. Jack Layton | Leader, NDP | Layton.J@parl.gc.ca |
| Hon. Stephane Dion | Leader, Liberals | DionS@parl.gc.ca |
| L'Hon. Gilles Duceppe | Leader, Bloc | Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca |
(And yeah, calling Harper "Right Honourable" sucks, I know.)
Here's the letter I sent them:
I am writing you to express my absolute displeasure with the content of Bill C-61 - An Act to amend the Copyright Act.
This bill proposes to take away Canadians’ rights to fair use with copyrighted media and digital devices. If it passes, it will set back consumer freedom in this country.
Up until now it has been legal for a person to buy a movie or musical work and make copies of it for their own personal use, especially for the purpose of transferring said media to a medium not supporting the format they purchased the media in, as well as for backup purposes. For example, a common practise is for a person to purchase an album on audio CD, and then make a digital copy on their computer for backup or to put it on an iPod. This bill, by outlawing such practises, is a blatant cash grab on the part of the motion picture association and record labels, and a blow to basic consumer rights.
Further to that, Bill C-61 has provisions which outlaw defeating certain digital controls. This bill is so poorly written that Rogers or Bell could argue that I have circumvented their copyright control by altering the software on a phone that I have purchased and currently own. For example, if I were to want to put ringtones on my phone myself, I could unlock its software to allow this. Bill C-61 would forbid this!
Imagine another scenario where I wanted to watch a movie (or TV show) on DVD that is only available in Britain. Modifying my DVD player to play DVDs from any region besides North America is forbidden by this bill. Again, this is a piece of hardware that I have paid for and own - I can legally fill the DVD player's innards with mustard and throw it off of my balcony, but I can't change a setting on the player to watch a DVD?
This bill appears to have been written by industry with no regard for the balance between the protection of intellectual property and consumer rights. It is a terrible piece of legislation.
I strongly urge all of you to oppose Bill C-61 for the above reasons, and I will be observing this bill's progress and your voting records accordingly.
Thank you,
Jason
If you want to copy/paste any and all of this, go for it.
Air Force One was on the movie channel the other day. So I set it to record the last 30 minutes, turned it on, and went straight to the part where Harrison Ford is all, "Get off my plane" and pulls the terrorist's ripcord and breaks his neck before discarding his corpse out of the back of the plane.
Then, I fast-forwarded to the part at the end when the MiGs come in to attack the Harrison-Ford-flown Air Force One (no idea why these dudes with MiGs were hanging around ready to shoot down Air Force One, I missed that part I guess), but then the Air Force fighters come in and shoot the shit out of them.
Ten minutes and I went back to my night.How fucking awesome is that?
I just noticed that Kurt's picture on his website showing the TV unit he built had "Two and a Half Men" playing on it, which is an awful show. Look:
That got me thinking when Riley and I lived together, and that TV show "Becker" with Ted Danson. When that show was coming on TV, Riley would turn the TV volume up as loud as it really could go for the theme song, so you could hear every note anywhere in the apartment (and probably in the hallways).
You should download the Becker theme song from this webpage about Becker and turn it up really loud.
That is all.
"Oooh YEAhh!!! DIG IT?!"