Locking up our citizens
Anytime someone puts a lock on something you own, against your wishes, and doesn’t give you the key, they’re not doing it for your benefit.
Excerpted the DRM section of Cory Doctorow’s excellent submission to the Canadian copyright consultation.
Eventhough a Fall election will almost surely derail the Canadian copyright consultation process, it’s positive that the Canadian public is engaged and participating in this needed conversation.
Eventually, Canadian copyright law will be reformed. We need to make sure Canadians’ rights to use, modify and comment on copyrighted materials are not locked up when it happens.
