Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'dmca'
June 13, 2008
The government has introduced revamped copyright legislation intended to address the needs of the digital age, arousing the ire of people who like to copy stuff. However, the topic is complex and controversial, and MPs are ready to head to the cottage for the summer, so it's unlikely the changes will be passed anytime soon. A new survey has found that 75% of Canadians have used the Internet, with the percentage rising to 97%......
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Photo by Fanch the System. Illegal music downloading has been a hot topic for almost a decade now, and the conversation has moved at a glacial pace. In the States, the music recording industry has sued individual consumers, encrypted CDs to prevent burning, and passed overreaching copyright laws to halt the momentum of rabid file-swappers. None of it has stopped people from getting ripped music off the internet since the process is just too......
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