Google just needs to "accidentally" configure their servers to not direct search traffic to the sites of the media sites pushing this for a day or two. I'd bet I could hear the howling and gnashing of teeth all the way over here.
I tend to view laws like this as the government attempting to find justification for something it already does, or as a distraction to make everyone see X as the big problem while they are really able to get away with Y.
Don't forget to set a low quota on each user account so the ISP's can charge you extra for the data usage.
Hmm, I wonder if that would encourage the ISP's to cooperate with rights holders to find any indication of trouble so more people will get the rootkit installed?
or (ii) involves the contravention of any law of Canada, of a province or municipality of Canada or of a foreign state;
So if this passes, all you would need to do is get some country with a corrupt government, besides the US, to pass a law saying it's illegal to Rip a legal CD to your computer to listen to on a media player, and if I'm reading this right, that's all they would need to put the rootkit on someones computer. "He's got an iphone, maybe he copied some of his CD's, better stop him."
That could get out of control so fast it isn't funny. dictators would be falling all over themselves to sell access to their law making process.
I'm sorry mister political opponent, it appears you had pictures of women with dresses above their knees so we had to block your site for obscenity. Don't worry, you can appeal, but we've got a horrible backlog, it looks like it won't come up for review until a week after the elections.
Wait, all media under a single DRM format? That's crazy talk. Next thing you know, you'll be talking about selling digital copies of media at reasonable prices.
This is the first time I've actually heard of a case that may actually, possibly, sort of have a chance at winning on this portion of the DMCA. Maybe if we can start seeing some DMCA abuse cases won we might get some momentum for cases against the RIAA and MPAA.
Then again, if someone were to actually win a case of DMCA abuse, it would probably just provide momentum for lobbying to remove that "loophole" from the DMCA.
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On the post: German Newspaper 'Snippet' Law Passes: Watered Down, But Still Stupid
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SEC: "What is this face book? You, intern, go check out a copy from the library."
Intern: "You can't borrow Facebook from the library."
SEC: "Sue them."
On the post: Canadian Chamber Of Commerce Wants To Legalize Spyware Rootkits To Help Stop 'Illegal' Activity
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Hmm, I wonder if that would encourage the ISP's to cooperate with rights holders to find any indication of trouble so more people will get the rootkit installed?
On the post: Canadian Chamber Of Commerce Wants To Legalize Spyware Rootkits To Help Stop 'Illegal' Activity
So if this passes, all you would need to do is get some country with a corrupt government, besides the US, to pass a law saying it's illegal to Rip a legal CD to your computer to listen to on a media player, and if I'm reading this right, that's all they would need to put the rootkit on someones computer. "He's got an iphone, maybe he copied some of his CD's, better stop him."
That could get out of control so fast it isn't funny. dictators would be falling all over themselves to sell access to their law making process.
On the post: Another Terrible Idea From Russia: Using Whitelists To Control Access To The Internet
Sorry
On the post: Hadopi Says French National Library Needs Unprotected Works... To Put Its Own DRM On
Hmm.
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Uh oh.
On the post: Copyright As Censorship: Birth Blogger Fight Goes Legal Over DMCA Abuse
Re: Seriously?
Then again, if someone were to actually win a case of DMCA abuse, it would probably just provide momentum for lobbying to remove that "loophole" from the DMCA.
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Happy new year
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Where's mine
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