ITWorld Canada features an editorial warning the technical community of the dangers of copyright reform, arguing that "a piece of legislation that views TPM circumvention in black and white will only harm Canadian industries and consumers, effectively trumping their fair use rights in the process. And fair dealing should be a crucial aspect of this debate as well."
ComputerWorld Canada on Copyright Reform
March 24, 2008
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Telus is part of the coalition?
On reading the article, I hadn’t noticed before that Telus was part of the “Balanced Copyright” coalition… Then I remembered this:
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where a Telus VP considers unlocking the phone a copyright infringement. Perhaps TPM is only bad when it isn’t good for the provider?