User:Mr.nobody

Right Holders Vs. Property Owners
Copyright reform is one of the major political struggles of our generation -- how the battle plays out will determine the very shape of our society. If we're not careful, we will soon inhabit a neo-feudalist information economy, one in which powerful interests have a death grip not only on bits of data, but culture itself.

The fact that certain industries and the lobbyists that serve them continue to blur the line between theft and infringement is indicative of what's at stake. Copyright reform is a battle for the future of the commons. Right now, a wealthy and powerful minority is seeking to rob us of the commons by transforming right-holders into property-holders. This has huge implications. Right holders have to return their creations to the commons, property owners do not.

We have to prevent right holders from being treated like property owners. The two are not the same, despite what the current political parties would have us believe. Infringement must not be treated as theft, and any attempt to equate the two must be vigorously challenged.

Me
Like the vast majority of Canadians, I am a nobody. My opinion is ignored by the politicians in Ottawa, my feelings disregarded by the leaders of industry who have bought those same politicians, and my voice drowned out by a sea of lobbyists.

I am fine with this. I believe that we nobodies outnumber the somebodies, and if we unite together, we can can bring change to parliament.