The Canadian government is making select public comments on proposed modifications to the Copyright Act available – and the response appears to be overwhelmingly critical. A sample:
I am a student of Computer Science . . . a programmer, designer and user. I have been following the legal developments in our neighbour countries with respect to technological measures for preventing copyright infringement and I am dismayed to see our liberal country considering the adoption of such extreme concepts of copyright \”protection\” reinforcement.
I protest the planned legal reinforcement of such technological measures. As noted in the \’Consultation Paper on Digital Copyright Issues\’, technological measures have failed in the past and are often a serious hindrance for legitimate users. Reinforcing technological measures with the law encourages corporations to ineffectively attempt to stall infringement at the expense of legitimate users. These users become forced to endure odious constraints and limitations on the private use of media they have legally purchased and copyrighted information they have licensed.
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