Sunday, June 22, 2008

Industry Minister Jim Prentice needs to read his own bill



It's all about the DRM folks, the locks.

Don't buy anything that comes with the locks.

Btw, isn't it clear Prentice doesn't understand the bill?

If we bump along peaceably in this society of ours, it's because there's an alignment between our laws and our everyday understanding of what's right and fair. In this case, the government is trying to reshape that understanding where it comes to digital media, and the bill seems doomed to failure. Rather than bringing Canadians around, it will – in the words of University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist – “undermine respect for copyright law itself.”

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