[d@DCC] Received reply from ATIP request -- need help decoding..

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: General Copyright Discussions <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 04:39:30 -0500 (EST)

   I received a reply to my ATIP request, but it is a CD of scanned images 
in TIF files.  I have copied the CD to: http://www.flora.ca/A-2004-00246/ 
(Will add index page with better information later.  I am on my way to 
Montreal for a few days.)


   I haven't had a chance to do anything with the files other than to 
figure out how to read a multi-page TIF file (use 'tiff2ps -a 
filename.TIF', and then read with a postscript viewer).

   I'm hoping someone has OCR software that they could use to try to turn 
all this back into text to put online.  It is all stuff that Industry 
Canada "printed" to an image (received with PC fax software?).  I am 
assuming the reason for the use of this poor quality format is
to obfuscate the results.

   There are some parts of the documents that are blanked out because of 
"privacy" reasons documented in Section 19(1) of the Access to Information 
Act.  I'll be interested to figure out what these relate to once we get 
into these documents.




Note: In their letter they say they can give me a paper copy, but would 
charge me $77 for photocopy fees.  (385 pages @ $0.20 = $77.00)

File number is:  A-2004-00246
   I believe that anyone can request this file now if they wanted to 
receive a copy, a printout, or whatever.

   I may simply convert these pages to a single PDF and upload it to 
Lulu.com which can print/bind/etc it into a book which may be cheaper...


MOPOP updates on their website as of February 2005:
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/patents/mopop/mopop_dnld-e.html

12.04.04
Business methods
12.04.05
Computer implemented inventions
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/patents/mopop/chap12-e.html#12.04.04

Chapter 16
Computer implemented inventions
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/patents/mopop/chap16-e.html


Favorite "Joke" in MOPOP:

"16.04.02
Machine claims

A computer which has been configured with a novel computer program is 
considered to be a different machine from the same computer when 
programmed in another way. "

   The joke would be funny if it were not for the fact that these folks are 
granting government protected monopolies to non-inventions based on this 
type of nonsense.

-- 
  Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
  http://www.digital-copyright.ca/blog/2 (My BLOG)
  Sign the Petition Users' Rights! http://digital-copyright.ca/petition/
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