Starting tomorrow, I plan to spend the thirty days before the House of Commons reconvenes to highlight some of the exceptions and limitations that should be included in the event that a Canadian DMCA is introduced. Each day, I will post a new provision, focusing broadly on marketplace concerns, public protection, and fair circumvention. The postings will be collected on a single page to form a compilation of DRM policy issues. Moreover, I'm launching a wiki that will start with the postings and will hopefully grow as interested readers add examples and additional perspectives.
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/daysofdrm
More on DRM:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Rights_Management
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30 Days Of DRM
Posted on Monday, August 28 at 12:01 by drcalebContributed By
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I keep the purchaed album in my CD rack well out of harm's way.
If they can't handle that, then they should make the damn things out of more scratch and scuff restant plastics.
You even LOOK at some of them the wrong way you have a minor scratch.
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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
"The Weapon" - Rush
Moreover, the blank media may one day not allow you to copy any media that bears the "Copyright" attribute.
*caveat, this can be defeated, but for the average civillian, it's basical a non-starter.
Would you buy a car with the hood locked, that only certain authorized service centers could open? The whole point of Mr. Giests' articles are that the freedom to innovate will slowly be eroded from us. Look at Dmitri Skylarov, who worked for a company that performed a legal service in his own country, but when he came to the US for a conference, he was locked away without charges for a couple months - BY THE MEDIA LOBBY! Look at one of the most respected mathemeticians in the world, Edward Felten, and what the DRM lobby almost did to him.
No matter how hard I beat the war drums here, people just don't seem to see the shroud being pulled over our rights. *sigh*
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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden
How nice of them to completely gut "fair use".
You vill vatch vhat ve vant you to vatch, on zee equipment ve vant you to vatch it on, and you vill love it or else.
Fortunately, if one is interested enough they can always find the means you allude to in your post Dr C.
For every new lock they build, someone will build a better key.
All one needs to do is look for it.
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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
"The Weapon" - Rush
"For every new lock they build, someone will build a better key."
Indeed! And, as in the case of DVD's, if you give the key to the people you're trying to hide the information from . . .it will be picked that much faster.
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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden
It may seem that way and also not be the case.
I cannot with any certainty say exactlly what the case is, whayt I can say though is that sometimes these articles need to be stated in simpler term so the read sees it in a way that creates concern.
Dio
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We have met the enemy and he is us
Pogo
A mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled.
Plutarch