Hi,
I think you missed the point. The digitial lock provisions trump all other uses.
Without changes to the digital lock provisions, all of the other good things in the bill "ie. fair dealing" become worthless. All anyone need add is some minor obfuscation or encryption, call it a DRM system, and now you no longer have any fair dealing uses. Sad really. Since we know DRM does not stop actual pirates, then all Harper's government is doing is kowtowing to big business interests that want to lock you in to their platform and effectively abolish all fair dealing uses.
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Originally Posted by Wasgo
You may not like his policies (I know I don't), but it doesn't add anything to a debate by calling Mr. Harper a moron. The man has a Masters of Economics degree and successfully became Canada's Prime Minister. Any time you use inflammatory language like that, the debate turns into whether or not the use of insulting language is justified, rather than the issue at hand.
While I'm disappointed in the inclusion of the circumvention legislation, the overall bill seems to be quite reasonable.
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