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Canadian Library Association on C-32: Digital Lock Rules "Fundamentally Flawed"

By Michael Geist

The Canadian Library Association has released detailed comments on Bill C-32.  At the risk of being labeled "radical extremists" by Canadian Heritage James Moore, the CLA adopts positions that are very similar to those found on this blog and by those arguing for balanced copyright.  The bottom line from the CLA:

CLA applauds the addition of education, parody and satire in the fair dealing section of the Act. However the Government's insistence on reintroducing unnecessarily proscriptive protections for digital locks undermines this improvement along with other new and existing user rights to the extent that they are seriously undermined. Legislation which does not include the right to bypass digital locks for non-infringing purposes is fundamentally flawed.

The CLA comments include analysis of C-32's fair dealing reforms, the digital lock provisions, and many other elements in the bill.

Full post as published by Michael Geist on August 17, 2010 (boomark / email).