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Canada moots tough sanctions for DRM flouters
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| The Canadian government today unveiled a controversial proposal to update the
| country's copyright laws.
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| It's a somewhat confusing solution that government officials behind the bill
| call a "balanced approach to truly benefit Canadians".
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/12/canada_copyright_reform_june_2008/
Microsoft's role can be found at the bottom. More intellectual monopoly:
RAF strafes Next in pirated duvet copyright rumpus
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| The Royal Air Force is suing a high-street shopping chain for violating its
| intellectual property rights.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/12/raf_vs_next_in_battle_of_the_bedspreads/
Last week:
Red Hat founder speaks against Canada's copyright reform
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| Lulu Inc. CEO Bob Young is a major voice in the open source software
| industry, but according to him the entire community has been unjustifiably
| ignored throughout the Canadian government's copyright reform initiatives.
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| Last year, the Conservative government vowed to adopt copyright laws which
| would make it illegal to modify or remove any device or software fitted with
| a technical protection measures (TPMs). After months of hearsay and numerous
| delays, the buzz on Parliament Hill now suggests a proposed copyright bill
| from Industry Minister Jim Prentice is imminent.
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| In the wake of these rumors -- which many industry activists have begun
| referring to as the Canadian version of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright
| Act (DMCA) -- a new open source software alliance has added their name to the
| lengthy list of opposition to the Industry Minister's soon-to-be-unveiled
| legislation.
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http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/06/06/red-hat-founder-speaks-against-canadas-copyright-reform
Recent:
Microsoft Misleads on Copyright Reform
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| The Hill Times this week includes an astonishingly misleading and factually
| incorrect article on Canadian copyright written by Microsoft.
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2670/125/
Canadian DMCA On Hold?
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| Rumours tonight indicate that the government has again decided to delay
| introducing the Canadian DMCA. With the House of Commons off next week and
| the budget coming the following week, if this is true it would appear that
| there will be no copyright legislation for at least another month (assuming
| there is no election).
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2694/125/
Related:
CD copying OK, DRM circumvention not OK
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| Circumventing DRM to make copies for personal use will remain illegal for
| consumers, under copyright reform proposals floated by the UK government
| today....Copyright law should also recognise that consumers can legitimately
| make copies of copyright material they've already bought, the government
| proposes.
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| Speaking at the launch today, Lord Triesman said it made no sense to prevent
| someone making a playlist for use in the car from material they had
| legitimately purchased.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/08/copyright_reform/
Microsoft: We Like DRM
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| Steve Jobs wants the music business to drop restrictions for digital
| tunes. But Microsoft, which began competing head to head with Apple
| in the digital music business last fall, is happy with the way things
| are, says media exec Robbie Bach.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/08/zune-drm-itunes-tech-media-cx_df_0208bach.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/2lrz3y
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