Yesterday a reprehensible piece of legislation was introduced in the Canadian House of Commons that stands to make millions of otherwise law-abiding Canadians criminals. It also stands to expose those same millions to lawsuits that could ruin lives, careers and families for the simple crime of shifting songs from a lawfully purchased CD to a lawfully purchased iPod or other device or storage format. Welcome to the 21st Century, bitches.
The Federal Minister of Industry, Jim Prentice, says “This bill reflects a win-win approach.”
Just who will be doing all the winning with this is pretty clear. And it’s not me and you.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/12/tech-copyright.html
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