The focus of efforts by private Canadians should be to persuade government to
undo
the harms of locks where they impinge on right of repair etc. And governments
can
and should be helping with the research and information to allow us to choose
NOT
to use products and services that are linked to the Trump cabal. If we act,
there will certainly be responses, but rolling over is only an option for those
wanting to live under such a system.
JN
On 2025-03-09 16:15, [email protected] via linux wrote:
I love the idea of Canada becoming pirate headquarters, but we'd need to be
prepared for consequences.
Does Mr. Doctorow discuss the expected response after Canada kicks the DRM guys in their dongles? (Too bad your
tractor's mainboard died but your iPhone can't connect to anyone in the U.S...)
Paul H
March 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM, "[email protected] via linux" <[email protected] <mailto:linux@linux-
ottawa.org?to=%22alayne%40twobikes.ottawa.on.ca%20via%20linux%22%20%3Clinux%40linux-ottawa.org%3E>> wrote:
Doctorow explains this more thoroughly in his recent book, The Internet
Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.
He argues now is the time to remove locks affecting things like printer ink
& tractors that have been imposed on
other countries as part of "free trade" deals.
He is, BTW, also not a fan of blockchain.
Alayne
On Sun, 9 Mar 2025, Nash JC - NCF via linux wrote:
Very interesting and quite unexpected discussion with Mattea Roach.
https://www.cbc.ca/books/bookends/cory-doctorow-writes-science-fiction-to-come-to-terms-with-his-tech-
anxiety-1.7477457
<https://www.cbc.ca/books/bookends/cory-doctorow-writes-science-fiction-to-come-to-terms-with-
his-tech-anxiety-1.7477457>
Suggests big opportunity is repeal of Canada's version of digital lock
law.
-- Alayne McGregor
alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca
Aiming for the moon and getting halfway there, gets you farther than if you
just aim for the roof and only get
halfway upstairs. People's achievements in life depend quite startlingly
much on what they _expect_ to achieve. --
Diana Wynne Jones, in _Reflections_
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