Russell McOrmond - Digital Copyright Canada forum wrote:
Do you agree that Copyright should be primarily handled by Industry rather than Heritage, and would you be willing to offer a similar pledge to the above listing Industry rather than Heritage?
Yes
* A recent government bill C-60 proposed legal protection for technical measures that claim to be used to protect copyright. Many of these technical measures are indistinguishable from SpyWare and other malware which circumvents the security of personal computers.
Would you support a bill to modernize Canadian law to provide legal protection *from* technical measures used to circumvent computer security, circumvent privacy, circumvent competition, as well as other important public policy?
Yes
An article appeared in the Toronto Star on January 2 that relates to the first question. Please read "Rootkit fiasco shows sterner laws needed" by Michael Geist http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/1643 and let me know if you support legal protection from abuses of technical measures.
* Are you aware that so-called "copy protection" will always fail at its claimed purpose? While digital locks can be used to prevent people from accessing content who are not yet customers, they are not capable of stopping a technically literate paying customer from unlocking the content and unlawfully sharing the unlocked content. In other words, a locked door does not stop someone who has the key.
* Copyright debates are often portrayed as being creators vs. infringers, while the most critical dynamic is creators and audiences vs. intermediaries (or incumbent creators vs. new creators).
Are you aware that the interests of creators and the interests of intermediaries such as recording labels (CRIA), "software manufacturing" industry associations (CAAST) are not only not the same, but quite often incompatible.
Yes
In a recent press release, head of independant label and musician Neil Leyton said it this way: "CRIA can no more legitimately claim to politically represent musicians, than bank owners can claim to represent those who have bank accounts."
http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/1706
* Terms such as "theft" and "property" are often used to stifle debate, and to narrow peoples understanding of cultural, content and innovation industries.
A Godwin's law for copyright discussions?
http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/1610Are you aware of how intangibles like creativity and innovation are entirely different from tangibles, even though both have value and both can be bought and sold?
Yes
Are you aware of the full spectrum of methods of creation, distribution and funding of creativity and innovation? Are you aware of Peer Production techniques, Free/Libre and Open Source Software, and Creative Commons?
Yes
What is FLOSS, peer production, creative commons, etc http://flora.ca/floss
The Sony-BMG fiasco should be a wake up call. They seem to want to stifle creativity so it won't be so obvious they have none themselves anymore!
Neil Adair
Candidate, Ottawa West-Nepean
Green Party of Canada