Letter with respect to possible amendments to the Copyright Act

Meng Cheah meng-D1t3LT1mScs at public.gmane.org
Thu Jan 24 10:57:22 UTC 2008


Henry de Valence wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 January 2008 10:27:13 pm Meng Cheah wrote:
>   
>> Jennifer Stoddart, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, is wary of DRM,
>> and she's not afraid to tell other branches of government about her
>> concerns. Stoddart has just sent a public letter
>> <http://www.privcom.gc.ca/parl/2008/let_080118_e.asp> to Jim Prentice,
>> the Canadian Minister of Industry, telling him that his impending
>> copyright reform bill should not protect any DRM that gathers and
>> transmits personal data.
>>     
> How long until she gets fired like Linda Keen of the CNSC who spoke out 
> against operating nuclear plants in clearly unsafe conditions or Jean-Pierre 
> Kingsley, former Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, who dared to point out 
> that the Conservatives were breaking their own campaign financing rules?
>   
Privacy czar expresses copyright reform concerns

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/01/22/tech-stoddart-copyright.html

When I was growing up in a former British colony, it was often said that 
"a country deserves the government it gets".
While this is debatable, I personally find her speaking out positively 
inspiring.
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