(Fwd) Complaint about DVD Cartel

From: "Tom A. Trottier" <Tom _-at-_ Abacurial.com>
To: Mouseland-sourisie-l (at) list.web.net
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 03:44:57 -0400

I suggest that anyone who objects to the DVD Cartel to make a similar 
complaint to this supporting Russel's complaint.

When 6 Canadian residents complain, the Competition Bureau is 
required to investigate.

I suggest that our laws should not be made by a multi-national 
cartel, but by our parliament.

Tom Trottier

------- Forwarded message follows -------
From:           	Tom A. Trottier <Tom@Abacurial.com>
To:             	Compbureau@ic.gc.ca,COMPETITION.BUREAU@STRATEGIS.IC.GC.CA
Subject:        	Complaint about DVD Cartel
Copies to:      	russell@flora.ca,canada-dmca-opponents@flora.org,,Harb.M@parl.gc.ca,tobin.b@parl.gc.ca,tobin.brian@ic.gc.ca
Send reply to:  	Tom@Abacurial.com
Date sent:      	Tue, 28 Aug 2001 03:41:30 -0400

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A - Personal Information: 
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Trottier, Tom 
415-400 Slater St. 
Ottawa ON Canada 
K1R 7S7 

Home Phone: (613) 594-5412 
Bus. Phone: (613) 291-1168 
Email: tom@abacurial.com 

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B - Company or Person Complained Against: 
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License Management International, ,  
DVD Copy Control Association 
225 B Cochrane Circle 
Morgan Hill CA 95037,  British Columbia 

Phone:  
Fax:  

Ownership: A multi-owner cartel (Claimed non-profit) 

Products and/or Services Supplied: Content Scrambling System used on  
DVD's 
Geographic Area(s) in which the Person or Company Conducts Business:  
Canada 

Nature of Your Concerns: 
     Section 9 of the Competition Act indicates that if 6 residents  
of Canada file a complaint, then an investigation should be started.  
This is my request, in support of the complaint of Russell McOrmond  
<russell@flora.ca> made on or about August 10, 2001. 
     Through encoding techniques used on specific movies, the License 
 Management International/DVD Copy Control Association, the Cartel,  
controls DVD players in both domestic and international markets.   
Competitors that wish to offer compatible players are charged under  
USA's DMCA laws for "anti-circumvention."  No DVD players that do not 
 conform to the Cartel's rules are available for sale. The practice 
of  controlling the player market should be considered a violation of 
 competition laws. 
     As well, the control of the DVD player market, the DVD CCA also  
has region-codes which create an unnecessary barrier to trade between 
 regions in DVD videos, causing prices to be higher and distribution  
restricted. 
     This seems to be in contradiction to sections 45, 77, and 78 of  
the Competition Act. 
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C - Product/Service Complaints: 
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Product Name:  
Brand Name:  
Lot/Style Number:  
Size:  
Do you know the Country of Origin for this product?  
Description of Product: 
Details of the Complaint: 
Where did you purchase... 
Postal Code:  
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D - To obtain more information: 
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http://www.flora.org/dmca/forum/40 
http://www.accc.gov.au/speeches/2001/jones_intellectual_property_11_5_
 01.htm 
http://www.accc.gov.au/speeches/2001/fels_sydney_institute_23_4_01.htm
 
http://203.6.251.7/accc.internet/media/search/view_media.cfm?RecordID=
 218 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/000221-000018.html 

Region codes are described at: http://www.opendvd.org/regioncode.html 



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