Comments on: Canada gets a huge raft of user-rights in copyright http://boingboing.net/2012/11/07/canada-gets-a-huge-raft-of-use.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 15:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2012/11/07/canada-gets-a-huge-raft-of-use.html#comment-1576383 Daemonworks Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192664#comment-1576383 No worries about the locks - that's unenforceable in any real way. No worries about the locks – that’s unenforceable in any real way.

]]> By: rocketpjs http://boingboing.net/2012/11/07/canada-gets-a-huge-raft-of-use.html#comment-1576307 rocketpjs Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192664#comment-1576307 Well, certainly Canada's copyright laws needed to do some catching up. I'll wait to see what the unforeseen impacts of these changes will be.  Yes, boo on digital locks, but I suspect digital locks will eventually become a sort of humorous historical footnote. Well, certainly Canada’s copyright laws needed to do some catching up. I’ll wait to see what the unforeseen impacts of these changes will be. 

Yes, boo on digital locks, but I suspect digital locks will eventually become a sort of humorous historical footnote.

]]> By: nowimnothing http://boingboing.net/2012/11/07/canada-gets-a-huge-raft-of-use.html#comment-1576197 nowimnothing Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192664#comment-1576197 Good on the public performance in schools, that has always seemed a silly licensing cost to me. It does not cost a lot, but it can be a hassle and burden to underfunded schools. Bad on the DMCA-style locks. Crazy that all your fair use rights go out the window just because someone puts a digital lock on the content. Good on the public performance in schools, that has always seemed a silly licensing cost to me. It does not cost a lot, but it can be a hassle and burden to underfunded schools.

Bad on the DMCA-style locks. Crazy that all your fair use rights go out the window just because someone puts a digital lock on the content.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/11/07/canada-gets-a-huge-raft-of-use.html#comment-1576191 Nathan Hornby Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192664#comment-1576191 Looks suspiciously like progress!  'Grats Canada. Looks suspiciously like progress!  ’Grats Canada.

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