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Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore gave a speech on Bill C-32, Canada’s copyright reform bill, where he referred to opponents of the over-reaching proposals as “radical extremists”.

Watch this great annotated video of the speech – produced by Tamara Winegust & Michael Geist – where each of his fatuous, inaccurate and loathsome statements are rebutted by a myriad of voices from across the country who are far from being radical extremists.

And once you’ve had your fill of James Moore’s brown lipstick toadying to the U.S. media lobby, give a call or send a message to your own MP – and to douchebag Moore himself – letting them know you will not tolerate having your legally purchased content held ransom by digital locks. See the UPDATE below for their response to me.

Fuck them. And fuck you, James Moore, for being such a dickweed.

Can you tell I’m in a really foul and venomous mood this morning? Chum bucket arrogant bastards like Moore and his buck-toothed boss always bring out the best in me.

Have a nice day.

Cheers.

UPDATE: Later today I received this auto-response email from the offices of Tony Clement and James Moore with respect to my sending them my views on Bill C-32:

Thank you for your correspondence regarding Bill C-32, An Act to amend the Copyright Act.

This legislation will bring Canada in line with international standards and promote homegrown innovation and creativity. It is a fair, balanced, and common-sense approach, respecting both the rights of creators and the interests of consumers in a modern marketplace. The Government of Canada is working to secure Canada’s place in the digital economy and to promote
a more prosperous and competitive country.

The popularity of Web 2.0, social media, and new technologies such as MP3 players and digital books have changed the way Canadians create and make use of copyrighted material. This bill recognizes the many new ways in which teachers, students, artists, software companies, consumers, families, copyright owners and many others use technology. It gives creators and copyright owners the tools to protect their work and grow their business models. It provides clearer rules that will enable all
Canadians to fully participate in the digital economy, now and in the future.

For more information, please visit balancedcopyright.gc.ca.

Sincerely,

Tony Clement
Minister of Industry

James Moore
Minister of Canadian Heritage
and Official Languages

It is now going to take me weeks to wash all their bullshit out of my computer. You never expect to hear any kind of real discourse from a politician when you send them a letter or an email. What’s galling is the bald deception of these fuckers, adhering to their talking points, reciting the same deliberately misleading, lying and hypocritical garbage they spout in question period, during press conferences and at their much ballyhooed – (and subsequently ignored) – public consultations. I figure if someone is going to act like a thieving prick they’d better own up to it and not pretend they’re doing me a favour.

Yo, Tony – Hey, Jimmy – fuck you.