Comments for The Battle over C-11 Concludes: How Thousands of Canadians Changed The Copyright Debate at http://www.michaelgeist.ca , comment 1 to 72 out of 20 comments http://www.michaelgeist.ca Wed, 22 May 2013 00:49:07 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-51733 This is the best locksmith hamilton service center in canada.locksmith hamilton is the best company for locksmith services in hamilton area we are 24 hour locksmith services in hamilton. our website http://www.locksmith-hamilton.ca - locksmith hamilton Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:19:52 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-49855 I would think the big service providers like Shaw and Telus would object the most about internet censorship and file sharing restrictions. The BIG reason for having high speed connection to net is to have the ability to exchange large files in a reasonable time. Take this away and there is no reason to have a fast connection. May as well go back to 56K dial up, if all I can do is email, web surf and youtube. - Hmmmm Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:03:34 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-49695 WTF IS GOING ON HERE ANYWAY???$$$ - John Nordness Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:49:10 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-49694 Here we are Oh Canada were aprox 35000000 Strong With Big Brother or Uncle Sam Aprox 300000000 STRONG getting the constitutional right to watch any television show they want on their computers international and Good Old U.S.A. while our BIG EGO WITH A BIG INFERIORITY COMPLEX legislates to make it illegal to have a constitutional right taken away under our noses. What is wrong with this "PICTURE" anyway??? if I CAN WATCH IT ON TV WHAT IS THE PROBLEM HERE ANYWAY??? "Oh Canada" It high time that CANADADIAN CITIZENS be treated like CANADIAN CITIZENS really that's how easy it is,SOUND GOOD??? or is there another agenda going on here that I am not aware of and if there is would you mind telling me what it is???$$$ Signed x -CANADIAN CITIZEN- - John Nordness Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:41:52 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-49330 http://www.beatsbydresite.org/ - monster beats pro Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:50:28 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-48283 i think alot of cats will be dead & alot of them already dead (since the internet comes into our live ) .. briefly my poit of view is ,, new bands & singers in whatever music types rock , pop , rap , ritusl , electroinc , .............. & my many more .. are appearing to music life as well as those musician need fame & spread between audiance . so what they do ? ,, they give their music for free in many websites & therefore this is a chanlge for well known muscian , & their (well known muscian )only way to defend music is to give it freely on line to whoever needs it in order to keep their names . & production companies don"t care about that becaause they get expenses from sales as time is going. so, we should raise cats as much as we can to keep them from extension .. have a nice day :) & god bless all - EMAD Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:03:30 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47958 It's a real shame this was introduced. What does this mean for such things as "Linux" ? I personally will NOT buy a piece of hardware coded for Microsoft's garbage O/S. At what point is there a distinction between bought and paid for vs. licensed. If I buy a home router, I own it and should have every legal right to modify it (such as installing a better firmware), or buy a Nettop and want a different Operating System on it. - smurphy_it Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:54:20 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47905 Except none of the so called wins are actually wins with the TPM loss. - crade Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:42:03 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47858 Do you think thousands of Canadians could change the killing spree of thousands of Seal Pups every year. - Ian Wrigley Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:16:19 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47808 One more topic among thousands,yes of course is important but, please, dont make it a big one, my best wishes to Canadians beautifull people, please be friends and important and above all: dont kill kitties, are so, say, loyables?, pretty god ones, funny and graceful that seeing them is a meaningfull? experience, Thanks. Cheers - Gerardo Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:38:16 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47805 you are allowed to make backups, but if there is a digital lock, you cannot make backups without written permission of the copyright holder. that is why you now see blu-ray with, dvd with digital copy being offered in stores. you cannot break teh digital lock legally anymore unless written permission. you will notice on licensing agreements for the past 10 years, you buy a game, but you dont own the IP of the game. you can resell it, but you cant duplicate it, share it etc. if a movie has no digital protection then you can backup it up once. you may even make it a divx. but if there is a digital protection lock, you cant do anything to it. because you are not allowed to break it.. legally. it will be interesting... but again you cant use a mac to rip CD AUDIO with sony DRX protection. hmmm, but cant use a windows machine. haha. - another guy Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:25:13 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47804 Curmudgeon said: "So we're allowed to make backup copies but we're not allowed to circumvent DRM or cyberlocks. How does one make a backup copy of something with a cyberlock or DRM on it?" In many cases you can copy something with a digital lock on it. For example you can duplicate a commercial DVD, but you have to use the more expensive high-capacity DVDs. To backup the movie on a regular DVD-R you have to break the lock (i.e. decode the movie) before you can compress it to a smaller size. Commercial pirates often don't bother breaking DVD digital locks, they just make exact copies which any DVD player can decrypt just as well as the original. But breaking the lock is required to modify the signal in any way, whether it's to make the data smaller or to extract a small excerpt for educational or fair-dealing purposes. Uhh, to the Spanish guy, ¿Sabes que no hablamos español aquí? Y aprenda deletrear. Yo, yo no hablo español muy bien, pero yo sé deletrear "está", "seres", "nuevo", etc. :) En comparación a inglés, español es muy fácil deletrear, asi que no tienes buenas excusas como los ingleses. Pero estamos de acuerdo, por supuesto, que no se debe confiar en los poderosos de las industrias del entretenimiento decidir nuestas leyes. - David Piepgrass Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:52:28 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47799 I work in the industry. the Cable companies put digital locks on anything that is record to your hard drive on a PVR. the only way to access it is to have a cable account. Also the HDMI port on their equipment has an encryption algorithm so you cannot make a digital copy directly from the box. you have to use an analog port. so because this isnt addressed in the legislation just by hooking your DVR to the analog ports on your equipment could be considered circumventing a digital lock. Of course the government will say 'no one will be persecuted for that'... but when the cable companies start charging you to record content becuase of copyright... well then it is going to get sporty. wierdly enough though, PVRing netflix will be legal because it is just using a straight video codec. - Jeff H. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:36:39 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47796 Leave us Canadians alone with our computers and the internet,invent with the money,prespirationand inspiration and what ever else it takes,find another solution to this wickedness that abounds and leave the good people of this country alone and let them enjoy that which has been invented for their joy and happiness,okay? - John Nordness Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:11:25 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47795 I am amazed at the two facetedness of this Government,here they are with surveilance, infringing on our privacy rights by setting up laws to supposedly fight child pornogrphy criminals,and teorrists,while our Charter of Rights is being illegaly,and lawlessly ignored,it all sounds good on the surface doesn't it? Like it the only way to secure our nation even it means forfieting our freedoms,Right? But is there a hidden,and deeper purpose to all this? What about this other legislation that in the works,to no longer be able to obtain a Pardon for a criminal record after a certain bill is being forged and in the works? What about the citenzen of Canada who has completely rehabilatated him or herself,ie,the alcoholic or addict that has obtained sobriety,has been clean and sober for a number of years.It often takes many years of his or her life to achieve this,many who are approaching the twighlight of their lives.and though now sober and in their right minds,can't afford the legal costs to obtain it? Why not leave well enough alone? In my growing years,copyright laws were continuously broken,remember when television was free? Remember the ED SUVILLAN SHOW,THE DINA SHORE SHOW,the ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW,the WRITTEN NEWS CHANNEL,while copywritten songs were constantly being played,etc.Then came the invention of the tape recorder,following that the great VCR where you could record shows that you would other wise miss,due to work,date,party,appointment,etc.What about copywrite then was they any fuss? Isn't greed and big bussiness that this has come about? It's been said if something is causing a great amount of contention,to fix it just stop it!Thats my answer to all of this hate and contention, just stop doing it right now! - John Nordness Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:54:42 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47793 Pozdrawiam ;)) z Polski ;))) - Basia Serwatka Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:17:13 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47792 todas las prohibiciones que estan fraguando los poderosos de las industrias del entretenimiento.obedecen al nuebo modo o nueva manera de someter a los ceres humanos .poco a poco nos estan quitando nuestras libertades y nuestros derechos .en realidad no es el dinero el gatillante de todas las restrinciones que estan inponiendo en todo el mundo .el motivo real detras de toda esta parafernalia es imponer nuevas leyes que nos mantengan mas controlados y poco a poco someternos a el rango de esclabos sin ningun derecho y sin libertades . muy cercano esta el dia en que tendremos que pagar asta por respirar . - carlos Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:16:27 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47791 Stay in your country, and i'll stay in mine, minding my own business as you should mine yours. - J Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:17:16 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47790 @Another Guy I thought digital locks were only going to be put on physical copies of CD's and DVD's. You're also saying broadcasters in Canada are also going to be putting locks on certain vids on the internet? I've seen many videos taken down due to copyright infringement on Youtube. Many of them big US movie studios and TV broadcasters. - KL Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:16 +0100 http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6544/125/#comment-47789 actually false. you cant watch tv programming (streaming) that is or isnt available in canada. you can watch HOUSE off GLOBAL website, but you cant watch it streaming from anywhere else since GLobal has the rights for canada. so when you watch it on global site there is advertising ( money generator ) since global spent money on the rights to broadcast the show. if there is a HBO show but HBO canada doesnt carry it, you cant watch it period. no one bought the rights to canada, its still illegal for you to watch it. but when it comes out on blu-ray or dvd in the stores you can buy it that way. so now a digital lock on a broadcast eg. Bell puts a digital lock on their broadcast (or re-broadcast) it can just any kind of bit. it doesnt actually need to do anything it can be an ID tag bit. so right there, you cant record or of course do anything with it, since they changed a bit made it (called it our ID tag security bit). there another digital lock that isnt a lock, but can be called a lock. once passed i hope sony sues apple for their mac computers for bypassing their XCP technology cd music digital lock and Scotch tape for doing the same. Movie industry should be going after futureshop/bestbuy/source etc for selling dvd/blu-ray players that can allow movie media to be played from other regions and the mfg of them. hidden menu or not. its illegal. here we go! come on industry show the muscle against the companies that sell your goods. chickens! - another guy Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:13:24 +0100