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The Canadian government is in the process of holding town hall meetings to discuss changes to Canada's copyright laws. Sadly it appears as thought this process is a sham that will be used later to give the proposed changes a veneer of authenticity. This is what Michael Geist had to say about a recent town hall event in Toronto. Michael is one of the more knowledgable people to engage this issue. My own view is that it was so over-the-top that their message was lost in light of such an obvious orchestrated attempt to stack the deck.  This was not a real townhall that brought together differing views, but rather an all-out effort by the industry to scoop up the available seats, guarantee themselves a dominant voice, and exclude many alternative voices in the process. For the full article follow this link.