Lobbyists trying to gut anti-spyware laws in Bill C27

Rajinder Yadav devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Sat Oct 17 21:28:32 UTC 2009


D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org>
> 
> |   Michael Geist in http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4464/125/
> | writes about out outrageous amendmants submitted by various MPs to water
> | down anti-spyware laws.
> 
> Yeah.  I just emailed my MP.

Thanks, I just emailed Industry Minister Tony Clement.

> 
> 
> It is worth reading Geist in general.  I don't get arround to that
> often enough.  One that I just read and got me mad was this one:
>   http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4423/159/
> 
> I listened to Peter Van Loan on the CBC's Cross-Country Check-Up
> saying Canada needs Lawful Access.  He gave an example of a kidnapping
> case where the investigation was heald up by a 36 hour delay in
> getting ISP records, precious time during a kidnapping.
> 
> The progam is here:
>  http://www.cbc.ca/checkup/archive/2009/090621CC.mp3
> Listen to about 7 minutes and 45 seconds in.  The interview starts a
> little earlier.
> 
> Geist has uncovered evidence showing that this never happened.  The
> kidnapping happened, but no request for ISP records was made.
> 
> Shame!
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