Have a look at the Conservatives’ bill. Can you spot every way you could be in trouble?
If you’re a student, or if you consume a lot of music, movies and TV, or if you do fun stuff on the Internet, there’s a rather good chance the Conservatives’ Copyright Reform Bill will make you a criminal.
How? In plenty of ways. Here are a few:
And that’s just for starters. There are many other harmless things millions of Canadians do in the privacy of their homes that will soon constitute copyright infringement. I’ll be back soon with a few more.
For now, here’s the bill. Have a read, and see if you can add one or two potential criminal scenarios of your own in the comments.
Jesse Brown is the host of TVO.org’s Search Engine podcast. He is on Twitter @jessebrown