A quiet board

[Russell McOrmond]

Richard Seguin wrote:
> this has to be the quietest mailing list I have saw in a while... I hear
> crickets.


   I'm curious if all the Canadian users of Ubuntu are aware of the 
impact that Canadian copyright revision will have on them?  Are they 
aware of the ways to get involved?

I've been posting articles to the IT World Canada BLOG about related 
topics:  http://blogs.itworldcanada.com/insights/


Even in the “DRM” debate, Content is not King.
http://blogs.itworldcanada.com/insights/2008/01/15/even-in-the-drm-debate-content-is-not-king/

Copyright protesters got Industry Minister Jim Prentice’s attention: now 
what?
http://blogs.itworldcanada.com/insights/2008/01/22/copyright-protesters-got-industry-minister-jim-prentices-attention-now-what/



The headline I'm thinking about for the Friday article?

"Who is the primary target of Copyright reform proposals?  The IT sector!"



   Whether it is the proposals for mandatory filtering on ISPs which may 
disable Canadians from downloading Ubuntu ISO images via BitTorrent, or 
anti-circumvention legislation that would disallow us from using Ubuntu 
and still access legally purchased multimedia content, there will be 
implications for this community.   Some companies may even turn on the 
Trusted Computing module and require boot loaders and kernels be signed 
by the hardware manufacturer, making it impossible to install Ubuntu at 
all, and illegal for you to unlock your own computer to make this 
software choice.

-- 
  Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
  Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property
  rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition!
  http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/

  "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware
   manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or
   portable media player from my cold dead hands!"