Bonjour Monsieur Jim Prentice,
I am writing you on this beautiful day from California. I am a Canadian living abroad working at Pepperdine University as a teacher in the field of theatre.
Tougher Copyright restriction for us, theatre artist, is something that will be detrimental to our art. Not only it will hinder how we do our craft but it will also affect the quality of our work. Please do not let this go through as our culture will seriously be impacted by this new Copyright. I beg you, overturn this new Copyright and let’s have an open conversation. A conversation with the people so that we can make a policy that is sensible to various groups and more importantly to the Canadian people.
There is a tendency in the United States from the music industry to lock music with their DRM. This is not the wave of the future as more and more are starting to offer music without DRM. The people are speaking and I beg you to not do like the United States on DRM.
The music industry as we know it is slowly dying. Do not act on their request as they are only thinking about themselves. They are not even thinking about their own talent. Why should you?
I seriously hope that you are acting in the best interest of the Canadian consumers and not the RIAA and MPAA. Are you?
Please explain to me what are the interest of the Canadian consumers?
Sincerly,
Benoit Beauchamp