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Hopefully this [0] will be rectified via constitutional challenge. "Many experts believe that the government's decision to adopt one of the most restrictive di
by jonah 14y ago
Hopefully this [0] will be rectified via constitutional challenge.
"Many experts believe that the government's decision to adopt one of the most restrictive digital lock approaches in the world - it creates potential liability without actual copyright infringement - renders the provision vulnerable to constitutional challenge." [1]
[0] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4771752 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4771752
[1] http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6557/125/ http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6557/125/
- unavoidable 14y agoAlthough I would like to see that happen, I think the argument is a big stretch. The constitutional challenge depends on the assertion that there is a free-standing right to access information, even if it is privately produced. Geist and other scholars are of course in favour of this interpretation, but I don't think it has been adopted by courts anywhere yet.