nerd0795
August 8th, 2008, 09:39 PM
Well I was just reading some posts and I found a signature said if you a Canadian demand better copyright laws. I clicked the link and I learned about Bill C-61. WTC?!!!! Is this still around this is stupid. I've been in Canada since the day I was born and this is one of the dumbest things they ever done. Is this still around did Canada remove that law?
If you are a music fan...
...you may already be breaking the law when you buy a CD and copy it onto your iPod or MP3 player. Despite the government's claims that this would be permitted for personal use, other provisions of the law gut this exeption. Many CDs carry copy protection technology. Copying one of those to your MP3 player would carry a penalty of up to $20,000.
Not being able to put the MUSIC YOU PAID for on your mp3 player!!! WTC?!
...you would be forbidden to control the software on your computer. If some of that software implements a digital lock, it would be illegal for you to remove or modify the software. In one case, Sony distributed copy protection software with music CDs. When the CD was opened on a Windows computer, it made changes to Windows that created security holes and violated the privacy of users. Under this law, it would be illegal to tamper with or remove the flawed Sony software.
So you can't tamper/remove the flawed sony protection software?
If you buy a new car...
...you might not be able to take it to the mechanic of your choice. Your car contains a computer that with anti-circumvention laws would not be legally serviceable by anyone but the dealer network. Even oil changes now require computer access on many new cars.
WTC?! HOW CAN THAT BE AGAINST THE LAW?
If you are a student or educator...
...you will find your access to materials is regulated in detail. Dr Laura Murray writes, "You can show, say, clips of films in an online class as you can in a physical classroom — but you have to destroy the whole lecture after the students write the exam." You could also find yourself unable to access or share works for educational purposes. Already, publishers place technical restrictions on works they don't own. For example, your computer could prevent you from copying text from Romeo and Juliet. Technology to circumvent this protection would be illegal even though Shakespeare's plays are in the public domain.
Canada really screwed up!
Here's the site for it:
http://www.faircopy.ca/
Have they removed that law yet?
EDIT:
This law would place Canadian innovation and Canadian culture in a position of dependency relative to the United States.
If you are a music fan...
...you may already be breaking the law when you buy a CD and copy it onto your iPod or MP3 player. Despite the government's claims that this would be permitted for personal use, other provisions of the law gut this exeption. Many CDs carry copy protection technology. Copying one of those to your MP3 player would carry a penalty of up to $20,000.
Not being able to put the MUSIC YOU PAID for on your mp3 player!!! WTC?!
...you would be forbidden to control the software on your computer. If some of that software implements a digital lock, it would be illegal for you to remove or modify the software. In one case, Sony distributed copy protection software with music CDs. When the CD was opened on a Windows computer, it made changes to Windows that created security holes and violated the privacy of users. Under this law, it would be illegal to tamper with or remove the flawed Sony software.
So you can't tamper/remove the flawed sony protection software?
If you buy a new car...
...you might not be able to take it to the mechanic of your choice. Your car contains a computer that with anti-circumvention laws would not be legally serviceable by anyone but the dealer network. Even oil changes now require computer access on many new cars.
WTC?! HOW CAN THAT BE AGAINST THE LAW?
If you are a student or educator...
...you will find your access to materials is regulated in detail. Dr Laura Murray writes, "You can show, say, clips of films in an online class as you can in a physical classroom — but you have to destroy the whole lecture after the students write the exam." You could also find yourself unable to access or share works for educational purposes. Already, publishers place technical restrictions on works they don't own. For example, your computer could prevent you from copying text from Romeo and Juliet. Technology to circumvent this protection would be illegal even though Shakespeare's plays are in the public domain.
Canada really screwed up!
Here's the site for it:
http://www.faircopy.ca/
Have they removed that law yet?
EDIT:
This law would place Canadian innovation and Canadian culture in a position of dependency relative to the United States.