Sources: CNet | Engadget | | Macworld | FT.com | San Jose Mercury News (AP) | CBS | | | ZD-Net | DRM-Watch This is very different from the original proposed law that would have permitted consumers to break the proprietary DRM if Apple (or others) did not permit/work with competitors to develop interoperable products. The final watered-down law requires that Apple and others with proprietary music DRM formats merely respond to competitive requests for information necessary to make their products compatible with proprietary formats – at the expense of the company requesting interoperability. Source: Michael Geist’s 30 Days of DRM Page – Day 30 – Prohibition on Contractual Circumvention of Rights (Foundation Issue) – Day 29 – No Ban on Circumvention Devices (Foundation Issue) – Day 28 – Review of New Circumvention Rights (Circumvention Rights) – Day 26 – Investigation of Concealed Code (Circumvention Rights)

– Day 25 – Statutory Obligations (Circumvention Rights) – Day 24 – Time Shifting (Circumvention Rights) – Day 23 – Education Institutions (Circumvention Rights) – Day 22 – Libraries (Circumvention Rights) – Day 21 – Print Disabilities Circumvention Rights) – Day 20 – Public Domain (Circumvention Rights) – Day 19 – Backup Copies of Digital Consumer Products (Circumvention Rights) – Day 18 – Backup Copies of Software (Circumvention Rights) – Day 17 – Broken or Obsolete Technology (Circumvention Rights) – Day 16 – System Repair (Circumvention Rights) – Day 15 – Artistic Access (Circumvention Rights) – Day 14 – Private Copying (Circumvention Rights) – Day 13 – Criticism, Review and News Reporting (Circumvention Rights) – Day 12 – Research and Private Study (Circumvention Rights) – Day 11 – Involuntary Installation of Software (Circumvention Rights) – Day 10 – Security Research(Circumvention Rights) – Day 9 – Reverse Engineering (Circumvention Rights) – Day 7 – DRM-Free Library Deposits (Public Protection) – Day 6 – Interoperability (Public Protection and Markets) – Day 5 – DRM Labeling and Consumer Awareness (Public Protection) – Day 3 – Oversite of DRM Misuse (Markets)

– Day 1 – Linking Copyright and Anti-Circumvention (Markets) These articles, which are quite good, propose limitations that should be included in any such Canadian DMCA-like legislation to fairly protect Canadian consumers and to guard against the multitude of problems created by the U.S.’s enactment of anti-circumvention measures in the U.S. While he ultimately argues, as I do, that it would be preferable NOT to adopt DMCA– like anti-circumvention legislation in Canada, the Conservative government may succumb to the copyright lobby. In anticipation of possible legislative action this fall, Michael Geist’s 30 day series of daily articles “30 Days of DRM” has come to an end.

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