Re: [Cdn-DMCA] Draft FTAA treaty's intellectual property provisions

From: Michael Richardson <mcr _-at-_ sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
To: No DMCA in Canada <canada-dmca-opponents (at) flora.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 12:56:58 -0400

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom A Trottier <Tom@Abacurial.com> writes:
    Tom> DMCA. These provisions would require signatory nations to pass new
    Tom> DMCA- style laws that ban, with few or no exceptions, software and
    Tom> other tools that allow copy prevention technologies to be bypassed.

  We must repeat over and over again that it would cover nearly any
technology, particularly including:
	- virus scanners
	- hardware diagnostic systems (e.g. "DIAG.EXE")
	- computer backup programs

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