The Canadian Library Association (which calls the new consumer rights "smoke and mirrors"), CAUT ("the effective end of fair dealing"), Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences ("not good news for the education and research communities"), and the Canadian Federation of Students ("bill was tabled this summer without any public consultation") have all spoken out against the Canadian DMCA.
Education and Library Groups Speak Out Against Bill C-61
June 18, 2008
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