From russell at flora.ca  Mon Jun 21 12:24:16 2010
From: russell at flora.ca (Russell McOrmond)
Date: Mon Jun 21 12:19:47 2010
Subject: [discuss] Looking for Quebec allies in Copyright vs
 contract/e-commerce technical measures
Message-ID: <4C1F9230.1040705@flora.ca>


   Last week I sent a letter to my MPP titled: Federal Bill C-32 
tramples areas of provincial jurisdiction
   http://Fix.BillC32.ca/5156


   While I would like to see all Canadians sending similar letters to 
their provincial representatives, I believe this is especially important 
in Quebec.  If we can reach the National Assembly of Quebec, and 
hopefully through them the Bloc, to understand this issue then the most 
harmful aspects of C-32 will be fixed.

   There is a critical difference between technical measures being used 
by copyright holders, and being used to protect copyright.   Access 
control or similar technical measures have no more valid reason to be in 
the federal Copyright act as energy policy, even if many copyright 
holders rely on electricity for their business models.


   Thank you, and hope people will get involved and help others to 
understand this issue.

-- 
  Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
  Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property
  rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition!
  http://fix.billc32.ca/petition/ict/

  "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware
   manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or
   portable media player from my cold dead hands!"