Bill C-61 site...
Henry de Valence
hdevalence-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Aug 20 00:10:51 UTC 2008
On Tue August 19 2008 7:15:02 pm Dave Germiquet wrote:
> Ask them the following about 61B to:
>
> If we buy hardware why can't we unlock it or install custom firmware
> on devices, from what I understand this bill makes that illegal to.
AFAIK will only be illegal to install custom firmware if you are circumventing
some form of copy protection.
> Doesn't it also make it so if we legally buy movies we can't translate
> it to IPODS as well...so thats illegal?
Yes, but you can buy the special iPod edition of the movie you already own for
a low price of just 10.99!
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