The Digital Hobo

Reuters reportS: Canadians will be allowed to copy legally acquired music to their iPods and computers but would be banned from getting around any digital locks that companies might apply.

Legislation protects Internet service providers from liability for copyright violations by their subscribers, requiring them only to pass on notices of violations.

University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist complains “All these rights force consumers to read the fine print — you can shift a song or a television show, but once it’s locked down, your rights disappear and your potential liability skyrockets.”

Awwww…..they’d have to readi the fine print. Hey, read the f’in fine print and keep your ass out of jail.

Legislation doesn’t specify how the government would monitor whether people had built up personal libraries of recordings. Liberal Party member Dan McTeague criticized the bill as being incomplete. “How are you going to enforce this when existing jurisprudence doesn’t allow you to walk into someone’s home?” he pointed out.

Looks like business as usual for digital rights legislation. They just don’t get it.