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Canada's Proposed DMCA-Style Law Draws Fire

Posted by timothy on from the sequels-usually-suck dept.

litui writes "Michael Geist assesses the problems with new copyright legislation presented today. In short, it looks like unless it's heavily contested, Canadians are in for a worse piece of law than the DMCA." CBC News' story quotes one critic, Scott Brison, who warns that enforcing the anti-circumvention clauses of this legislation would turn Canada into a police state — which, considering the pervasive eavesdropping it would take to make sure that people aren't enjoying their rights to fair use (or "fair dealing") of hardware or media, seems like a fair prediction.

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  1. frist postt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    hahahah

  2. Re:Draconian Legislation. by Odder · · Score: -1, Troll

    Windows users are already hosed.

    ISPs are cooperating with publishers to kill the internet.

  3. Re:We need to contact the MSM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    mainstream media, like 99% of sane adults, care about the economy, taxes, the war in Iraq, health care and pensions.
    Amazingly for 99% of people, DRM on music is not a fucking live or die issue.
    Get a grip.

  4. tBiznatch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    are incompatible right no3. I Tried, GNAA and support

  5. Re:Draconian Legislation. by Erris · · Score: -1, Troll

    A bill that outlaws GNU/Linux and Mac has nothing to do with M$TF? What citizen and "consumer" interest is there in that? Please accept my humble apology as a US citizen for the actions of the RIAA, MPAA and M$TF. I can only hope that your government represents your interests better than theirs.

    Who is this "off" that everyone talks about when they are being screwed?

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    DMCA, Hollings, Palladium. What might have sounded like paranoia is now common sense.