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Originally Posted by taming
Currently there is a bill before the Canadian Parliament (Bill C-32) that probably will, when finally passed, allow the removal of digital locks (DRM) for personal use. I have written to my MP, people on the committee looking at that, and to others.
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I don't know whether you wrote in favour or not of the bill as it stands, but it's a lot less beneficial than it looks on the surface, with a clause that effectively invalidates the DRM-removal thing by then making it illegal to remove said "digital locks" on anything that has them, because the presence of digital locks will be considered to trump fair use.
For this among other reasons, it's been widely mocked and MP/Heritage Minister James Moore's calling everyone who's expressed their concerns about it "radical extremists" comparable to the Taliban is not helping matters. Especially when he tried to deny he ever said that, even though it was caught on video.
Here's a
CBC breakdown on the bill when it first appeared.
Here's some
commentary from Michael Geist, a professor at an Ontario university and some sort of specialist on copyright issues, plus links to others. He's also got a lot of posts and articles on the state of copyright and fair use laws in Canada and various attempts to bring in US-style DMCA.
Speaking of which, here's his
comparison of the current US law and the proposed Canadian one.