Canada's own DMCA

[Joseph Kubik]

Here's my $.02, having just left the US:
If this sort of bill gets near to passing, It is worth the money and
energy to actually educate the massses.

We (the geeks) in the US, all thought "that would be unconstitutional"
and did very little to fight the DMCA.
Guess what, the bill passed into law, and the supreme court has upheld
almost every piece.
So, the moral is,
A, stay out of the US.
B, if congress (or parliment) does not grasp the whole reality, the
courts may not either.
C, err, um, I'll think of something.
D, ARG I hate STUPID PEOPLE RUNNING MY LIFE!
E, We should really fight this sort of thing.

-Joseph-

On 5/13/05, daniel <danstemporaryaccount-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On May 4, 2005 10:14 pm, Rob Sutherland wrote:
> > On Wed, 04 May 2005 21:23:28 -0400
> > Nope - I think he's a waste of skin, actually. I just think it's a shame
> > that the party that talks about being the opposition to all that is
> > corporate etc., is paying out when it doesn't need to.
> 
> 'cmon.  think about the demographic here.  everyone on this list knows the
> dangers of things like drm and the dmca, but the mentality on this list makes
> up no more than 2% of the voting public.  the ndp is doing what any smart
> party would do in this position: looking for the groups that'll hand them the
> most votes.  as far as anyone else is concerned, this whole "dmca thing" is
> just some weird computer thing that doesn't concern them.
> 
> if you want politicians to pay attention to issues like this, you have to get
> people to understand and care about it -- that way other parties will care
> too because the votes will be there.
> 
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