Entries tagged with drm

Current Mood: nerdy
Current Music: The Sunday Edition - CBC Radio One

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While I'm Waiting on the Laundry This Morning

Russell McOrmond discusses the consequences of bad intellectual-property law for people in the real worlds. Digital Rights Management tech can and does get manipulated into backfiring.

Canadaland pursues the connections between the HarperGov and the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. Awaiting further revelations with some interest.

The CBC's Janyce McGregor explains why Canada probably shouldn't be quick to get rid of supply management in agriculture, whatever complaints various groups inside and outside of Canada may have about it. Would that such thinking had been heeded where the Canadian Wheat Board was concerned.

Current Mood: discontent

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Marvel Slow-Marching to Digital?

This is a disappointing development.

Yes, I know many of the reasons why readers, creators and publishers alike might prefer this setup. I disagree with them because, well...hardcopy comics still don't need batteries or a net connection. Also, avoiding DRM hijinks meddling with my computer hardware.

While I can still afford a working computer and internet connection, that is.

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Another note on DRM: Canadian Plans vs. EU Reality?

More on C-11, triggered by the claim of one of the Harper cabinet members that "the Europeans have already gone with these TPM rules with no complaints about legal uses being rendered off-limits by digital lock technologies.

Except that his claims ain't exactly so.

Source: michaelgeist.ca

Challenging the New Digital Lock Talking Point: Why European Rules Are More Flexible Than C-11

"The debate over C-11 resumed this week in the House of Commons with Paul Calandra, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, invoking a claim that raises the question of how the Canadian digital lock rules compare to those found in Europe. In response to the ongoing concerns with Bill C-11's digital lock rules - they are easily the most discussed issue during the debates - Calandra stated:

We know that in Europe there is much greater support for TPMs and that has not actually reduced the availability of content online. Does she have any rationale for thinking Canada's less stringent use of TPMs through the bill would somehow reduce the availability of content for Canadian consumers?

Calandra's comments raise two issues: (1) whether the Europe has stricter support for digital locks; and (2) whether digital locks reduces the availability of online content."