Catherine Ford, Calgary Herald
There are at least 400 movies and an uncountable number of television shows on about 200 VHS tapes stored in my den. They constitute what the federal government would refer to as a “permanent library.” Should the amendment to Canada’s copyright law pass without change, I will apparently be branded a thief for keeping these tapes and will have made Brigitte into a criminal — the receiver of “stolen” goods. The woman who cleans my house, does windows, recycles the newspapers, plastic bags and cardboard, and also collects all of our old magazines, books and videotapes to donate to various groups would not be pleased to find herself on the other side of the law because I choose to give her things I no longer need, rather than tossing them in the garbage. More
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