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On Jun 23, 2012 4:14 AM, "Bob Jonkman" <<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Similar arguments were made in the USA when the DMCA was passed about<br>
> 10 years ago. Court cases involving toner cartridges[1] and garage<br>
> door openers[2] were needed before these types of devices were granted<br>
> their own exemptions under the US copyright laws.<br>
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> Since Bill C-11 is a close copy of the DMCA, I expect similar legal<br>
> issues will arise in Canada.<br></p>
<p> We have WIPO (use control) plus DMCA (access controls) in C-11, with the DMCA restrictions being the stronger of the two. Which is which matters in the act as you'll see prohibitions only applying to use controls and other things only applying to access controls. A bit of a complex mess -- fine for computer geeks like us to navigate, but will be impossible for most people to understand (turn out, including the MPs and Senators at committees, etc).</p>
<p> We shouldn't wait for years to be pushing -- make sure your MP knows about these issues and is aware that the rule-making process will need to start right away. You can be certain that the non-copyright related legal threats and potential lawsuits will be starting right away.</p>
<p> Politicians are also heading directly into ACTA and TPP which requires more onerous anti-circumvention than the nasty stuff already in C-11.</p>
<p>BTW: the more you speak of things having to do with restrictions on general purpose technology, and the more you stay away from the largely separate distraction known as "copyright", the faster we'll get some of the worst of this fixed (or at least have a better chance of helping it not get worse).<br>
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