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Originally Posted by howyoudoin
This is what happens when technologically uninformed politicians frame laws on subjects they do not comprehend.
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The government gets all shifty when they try to explain some of these DMCA-like and snooping laws. I suspect that they are under pressure from the USA to enact these, and that there are threats of hampering flow at the border if they refuse. All parties have been dragging their feet during the minority government days (the Liberals had also tabled and stalled similar legislation back in the day), but it looks like that excuse is gone.
I saw Harper say on TV that people who don't like it should just not buy stuff with DRM on it. There are many ways to read that statement, and I got the impression that he was aware of that.