Ottawa Citizen article: The Anti-Copyright Crusade
Russell McOrmond writes \"The Anti-Copyright Crusader
In these digital days, Russell McORMOND argues for consumers\' right to copy
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It\'s no wonder that when McOrmond purchased a DVD for his anti-DMCA
exercise, it was a copy of the movie Anti-Trust. He laughs at the irony
of his choice. \"The premise of the movie is that you\'ve got these
open-source developers who are writing all this cool software,\" he says.
However, the DVD was encrypted to thwart like-minded techies in the real
world. \"Even though the movie is talking about this great thing called
open source, it\'s actually illegal to watch the movie on an open-source
player,\" McOrmond says.
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