Late last night I posted a question to the Ubuntu-ca mailing list, asking if anyone could confirm or deny my suspicion that the new copyright law would be bad for linux and open source.
CBC headlines like "Copyright bill would ban breaking digital locks", this sounds bad for DVD playback on linux in particular. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/02/copyright-bill-clement-montreal.html On a whim, I also sent an email to Michael Geist, detailing the Ubuntu-Medibuntu situation in particular. Well, it turns out he was both kind enough to reply, and was well aware of the Linux/DVD issue! Michael quick reply suggested that not much had changed regarding Open Source since Bill C-61. A comparison of the two available at http://www.scribd.com/doc/32485771/C-61-C-32-Comparison-No-Annotation-English Michael's blog post dated July 30, 2008, "61 Reforms to C-61, Day 28: TPMs - Interoperability Exception, Linux and DVDs" detail the situation nicely. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3244/369/ _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
