Copyright: it’s time to get on with it

While numerous shortcomings have been identified in user rights submissions on the bill, the overriding concern is its unnecessary and overreaching protection for digital locks.

Bill C-32, the Copyright Modernization Act, was introduced in the House of Commons by Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore and Industry Minister Tony Clement last June. Of the three copyright reform acts introduced since 2006, the current bill is by far the most interesting and forward looking....

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