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Submission from Adrian Neill received on August 22, 2001 1:03 PM via e-mail
Subject:
This portion of the law makes reverse engineering illegal. Reverse
engineering is very important to innovation. Also a complete case study on
the DECSS fiasco should be performed before this law is passed. DECSS is
the program that de-encrypts DVD discs to allow them to be played on
non-proprietary players, I.E. the Linux operating system.
The changes (similar to the united states Digital millennium copyright act)
will NOT protect artists, and will stifle free speech. as a Canadian
citizen, musician and artist, I ask that there be a very careful study of
what the DMCA does in the united states. before we condemn ourselves to
something similar in this country. Large corporations such as record and
movie companies represent less than 0.0001 percent of Canada's population,
passing this as law will violate my rights and yours, and only serve to
increase the profits of already excessively rich corporations. I personally
buy the cd's of any artist who's music i enjoy, even though I already have
copies compressed in the "MP3" format.
Be sure to remember that almost nobody can afford all the music/media that
they want to have, with a large portion of this country population living
below the poverty line. myself included, even though I have 2 jobs and go
to school. But many of us still buy as much as we can to support the
artists we enjoy.
--Love & Peace, Adrian Neill I will respond with detailed contact information on request, and will clarify any points that i may have left unclear on request.
Nearly $0 a year is lost to piracy because nobody has any money to begin with.
This statistic is just as reliable as any you'd get from the industries.
and I made it up on the spot.
People are only forced to steal what they cannot afford.
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