Comments on: What C-32 means for DVDs http://ossguy.com/?p=662 Ideas on how we can make the world a better place, with a technical bent Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:04:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Russell McOrmond http://ossguy.com/?p=662#comment-492 Russell McOrmond Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:16:02 +0000 http://ossguy.com/?p=662#comment-492 @Anonymous It isn't only Open Source authors who are affected, but any independent software author. Access Control technical measures do nothing to enforce copyright related rights as access is outside of traditional copyright concepts. They do enforce contractual obligations which the larger incumbent software companies will be able to negotiate, but smaller companies (and not just FLOSS) will be locked out of. This harm to independent software authors, which simultaneously offers nothing to help protect copyright related rights, is why I've spent much of my own volunteer time for a near decade opposing this policy. Note: Added an additional response at http://Fix.BillC32.ca/5164 @Anonymous

It isn’t only Open Source authors who are affected, but any independent software author. Access Control technical measures do nothing to enforce copyright related rights as access is outside of traditional copyright concepts. They do enforce contractual obligations which the larger incumbent software companies will be able to negotiate, but smaller companies (and not just FLOSS) will be locked out of.

This harm to independent software authors, which simultaneously offers nothing to help protect copyright related rights, is why I’ve spent much of my own volunteer time for a near decade opposing this policy.

Note: Added an additional response at http://Fix.BillC32.ca/5164

]]> By: Anonymous http://ossguy.com/?p=662#comment-491 Anonymous Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:00:29 +0000 http://ossguy.com/?p=662#comment-491 Essentially the govt is discriminating against entire fields of endeavors. This means that opensource based companies and users cannot attempt to compete against Apple and Microsoft because no company will license their technology for software that will be opensource. Essentially this legislation gives unfair control to closed business models and discriminates against everyone else who is not a proprietary megalith. Essentially the govt is discriminating against entire fields of endeavors. This means that opensource based companies and users cannot attempt to compete against Apple and Microsoft because no company will license their technology for software that will be opensource.

Essentially this legislation gives unfair control to closed business models and discriminates against everyone else who is not a proprietary megalith.

]]> By: Russell McOrmond http://ossguy.com/?p=662#comment-490 Russell McOrmond Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:56:05 +0000 http://ossguy.com/?p=662#comment-490 I believe the response Erik Waddell gave is incorrect. Bill C-32 specifically offers legal protection for "access control" technical measures, something not suggested by or even supported by WIPO. Looking at the 1996 WIPO treaty language is not appropriate or informative, as that is not the language used in Bill C-32. The Conservatives could make the bill WIPO compliant by using the Bill C-60/WIPO language for TPMs, rather than the Bill C-61/C-32/DMCA language. I believe the response Erik Waddell gave is incorrect. Bill C-32 specifically offers legal protection for “access control” technical measures, something not suggested by or even supported by WIPO.

Looking at the 1996 WIPO treaty language is not appropriate or informative, as that is not the language used in Bill C-32. The Conservatives could make the bill WIPO compliant by using the Bill C-60/WIPO language for TPMs, rather than the Bill C-61/C-32/DMCA language.

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