My colleague Jeremy deBeer considers whether Bill C-61 is win-win or spin-spin in the National Post.
deBeer on Copyright Spin
June 16, 2008
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Episode 74: Heidi Tworek on the Challenges of Internet Platform Regulation
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He brings up an interesting point
Consider the Sony Rootkit. Arguably this was a privacy violation. So, even though it is a TPM, it would be legal to remove it. Oops, making, or distributing the tools to remove it, is against this law.
Did I just give Sony an idea?
Another Idea
Here’s another idea you might find amusing:
If you encrypt the files you’re sharing with a TPM to prevent unauthorised access, how can anyone determine whether they contain copyrighted material distributed without authorisation? Especially since the DMCA prohibits circumvention of such a TPM and the tools necessary to do so.
I call this Schrödinger’s Copyright ( [ link ] ).