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Microsoft Misleads On Canadian Copyright Reform

Posted by kdawson on from the can't-have-it-both-ways dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As the battle rages over a Canadian DMCA, Microsoft Canada has published an op-ed in a political newspaper that Michael Geist describes as astonishingly misleading and factually incorrect. Microsoft tries to argue that Canadian copyright law provides no legal protections, even after it received one of the largest copyright damage awards in Canadian history just one year ago."

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  1. Telling warnings of economic damage by sugarmotor · · Score: 4, Insightful
    The article states

    But as is often the case, such discussions can have a real significance for individual jobs and on our economy in a broader sense.
    ... translates as "My employer is worried about their source of income"

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  2. Why wouldn't they? by esocid · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why wouldn't they mislead about copyright reform. They already abuse the broken patent system and now are trying to claim that Linux violates their patents. They are just trying to perpetuate this broken system that is in need of good reform. We'll see how many people really call them on this bs.
    M$:You stole our code.
    L:No we didn't. Show us.
    M$:I'm sorry that is a trade secret, just take our word for it.

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  3. The Worst Part... by whisper_jeff · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The worst part of this (beyond Microsoft's outright self-serving lies) is that most Canadians are horribly uninformed/misinformed about copyright laws and will believe virtually anything they hear making copyright FUD north of the border very effective. It would be nice if more people, like Michael Geist, tried to get the truth out there but sadly his sort are rare...

  4. "LYING" by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Misleading"? "Factually incorrect"? Why will no one reporting on lies just come out and call them lies? By pulling these punches, the writers/editors/publishers are lying.

    There, I said it. And I feel better already for telling the truth.

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