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30 Days of DRM

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-prefer-30-days-of-thunder dept.

sonofollson writes "Michael Geist, a Canadian law professor, in the middle of a 30 Days of DRM project, which is targeting the planned introduction of the DMCA in Canada. Each day, the project identifies an exception or limitation that is needed to address the danger of anti-circumvention legislation. Issues covered so far include interoperability, privacy, region coding, and reverse engineering. The project is also supporting a wiki version for broader participation."

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  1. Re:This is great, but.... by Jack+Action · · Score: 5, Informative

    Michael Geist writes a weekly column on law and technology for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper. The Star is a significant venue because its middle brow (not tabloid, but not the New York Times), and always has a populist favour.

    He is also frequently called on as a commentor on CBC radio (the public broadcaster, which by law can be heard by Canadians anywhere in the country). CBC radio recieves no ads and no coporate sponsorship (unlike PBS), so is generaly balanced on controversial issues.

    In Canada at least, someone like Geist has a greater chance of reaching Jaques Six-Pack than he might have elsewhere.

  2. Re:Great idea by djmurdoch · · Score: 5, Informative

    As a Canadian, I can tell you that there are no such levies on CDs or DVDs, because they are argued as being used for computer data.

    This is wrong. There are levies on blank CDs, because they are commonly used to record music, whether they are "CD-audio" or not.

    See the current rates here.