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Election 2006 (and beyond): Digital Copyright Canada
From: Michael Richardson <mcr_-at-_sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
To: oxen_-at-_lox.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 12:17:09 -0400
>>>>> "Ralph" == Ralph Doncaster <ralph@istop.com> writes:
>> Copyright is not a static law, and there are considerable pressures on
>> it that seek to change some of these fundamental rights. In the USA
>> the battle is focused on attacks to "Fair Use" (Fair Dealings in
>> Canada) and the whole "First Sale" concept that loaning, reselling,
>> renting is based upon.
Ralph> The gov't isn't stupid enough (at least yet) to retroactively
Ralph> change the law. Sure they can change the rules that apply to
Ralph> copyright material that I purchase in the future, but short of
Ralph> totally revamping contract law they can't change the terms that
Ralph> apply to the collection of material that I and millions of other
Ralph> Canadians have already purchased.
While the government isn't that silly, software houses are.
That's why they don't like to sell you software, merely license it.
Hollywood is no different.
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