Re: [d@DCC] Industry Canada makes the net "predictable"

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: General Copyright Discussions <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Cc: Canadian Open Source Discussion <discuss -_at_- canopener.ca>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 15:50:22 -0400 (EDT)
References: <42C0237B.3040506@TelecomOttawa.net>

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Charles MacDonald forwarded a note from Industry 
Canada:

> The Framework will contribute to strengthening the Internet as a 
> reliable medium for conducting business, building confidence in the 
> online marketplace, and streamlining the flow of e-commerce at the 
> border. As a result of this agreement, trilateral cooperation is 
> foreseen most notably on such important issues as spam, electronic 
> authentication and certification, privacy protection, as well as border 
> practices and procedures.


   I guess I read this release differently than you did you did.  Getting 
laws in place to protect the privacy and authentication aspects of TPMs 
would be a good thing IMO.  Part of doing this would include a rejection 
of mentioning TPMs in unrelated policy such as the Copyright act as legal 
protection for the snake-oil of "copy protection" greatly harms the 
legitimate use of TPMS to help stop spam, viruses, and offer privacy 
protection, electronic authentication and certification, and so-on.

Legal protection for TPMs has no place in copyright law 
http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/view/930

   Is Industry Canada awake enough to realize that Heritage is trying to 
ram a bill through parliament, Bill C-60, which goes against many of the 
policy goals of Industry Canada?

   If people who agree could draft and mail (snail mail, not email) letters 
to the Minister (copied to their own MP) this would be great!  In order to 
protect all the positive aspects of new communications media such as the 
Internet, for personal and commercial uses, we need to oppose 
anti-new-media legislation such as Bill C-60.


BTW: I'm all for legal protection for TPMs used for privacy and 
authenticity.  I believe that so-called "Access Control" TPMs that tie the 
access of legally purchased content to "authorized" technology not only 
has no place in copyright law, but are a violation of competition law and 
consumer rights.

-- 
  Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
  1800+ Canadians oppose Bill C-60 which protects antiquated Recording,
  Motion Picture and "software manufacturing" industries from change...
  Sign the Petition Users' Rights! http://digital-copyright.ca/petition/
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