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CDN Supreme Court Upholds 'Net Free Speech

Posted by timothy on from the complaints-department dept.

Gryphon writes: "The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a citizen has the right to express dissatifaction with the products or services of a company; in this case, an insurance company. This raises some interesting questions: does this extend to posting benchmarks of computer applications? Dissatisfaction with application security holes? Strike one for the little guy in Canada -- and maybe move here if you want to avoid the DMCA? ;)"

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  1. But by anti-snot · · Score: 3, Funny

    But... its Canada. The American legal system won't have a clue what you are talking aboot.

  2. Outrageous! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well I am outraged and I won't stop donating to the Republican Party til this heinous and egregious attack of free trade is made a felony in the United States punishable by death!

  3. So if I read this correctly... by ChaseTec · · Score: 5, Funny

    The court said that consumers not only have a right to express their dissatisfaction with products or services -- including on Internet sites -- but also to read what others have to say.

    They're letting those Canadian people write and read now? What is the world coming to?-)

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    1. Re:So if I read this correctly... by tomstdenis · · Score: 3, Funny

      Funny ting-tat ain't it, eh?

      Yeah, we enjoy flavours and colours of all sorts. We sit out at night and enjoy a good chat with a neighbour. Occasionally we watch movies about people in the military and honour.

      But the funny thing is this. Canada has fewer people in a space larger than all states COMBINED than USCA. Hahahahahha. I think I will stretch my arms and smell some fresh air.

      Tom

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  4. But They Can't Brew Beer of Play Hockey by nickynicky9doors · · Score: 2, Funny

    Recently large numbers of sterile American males have been released in Canada in hopes of decimating the Canadian population thus opening up endless stretches of moose pasture to American colonization.

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    1. Re:But They Can't Brew Beer of Play Hockey by brogdon · · Score: 3, Funny

      They should have just released every other slashdot user up to #500k or so. God knows we can't get laid.

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  5. Theres a catch... by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 2, Funny

    They have to make sure to provide a french translation of their dissatisfaction.

  6. What did the article leave out? by Swaffs · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm surprised, considering this took place in Quebec, that the article made no mention of his much more heinous crime of posting a sign in English.

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  7. But the Real Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Was the sign in both English and French??

  8. Armpit, Canada by Stoutlimb · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Like living in the armpit of Canada"

    Sorry my friend, you are mistaken. Armpits are generally warm places... It can't be Edmonton.

    Bork?