U of Calgary affiliate Kris Kotarski has a thought-provoking op-ed in the Calgary Herald about the Copyright/DRM debate that’s about to be reborn here in Canada.
“Simply put, if society settles on laws enforcing copyright provisions such as a ban on breaking DRM locks on CDs and DVDs, or taking down SIM locks on cellular phones (both part of last year’s Bill C-61), there will be no way to credibly enforce them without an intrusive government monitoring scheme.”