Competition Act

[Russell McOrmond]

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Darryl Moore wrote:

> Interesting according to section 10(1)(a) they HAVE to open an
> investigation if 6 people file a complaint. I wonder if Russell's
> original complaint had 6 names
>
> Also once the inquiry is open they have to keep you appraised of its
> progress. 10(2)

   Yes and Yes.  The second part was fulfilled by phone calls from the 
bureau explaining that they did a quick market analysis and didn't think 
there was a reason to investigate further.

   My complaint, partly coordinated to have other people send in letters 
through the Digital-copyright.ca mailing list, was about the DVD CCA and 
DRM.  Microsoft was peripherally mentioned as a beneficiary of locked 
platforms, and the whole issue became a chapter by Michael Geist in "In 
The Public Interest" (DRM and competition), but nothing much came out of 
it.  He was also hired to do a report for the bureau, and I made a number 
of (unsolicited) submissions.

   I'm of the opinion that we need to get MPs in the right committees to 
get excited about this before much will come out of it.  The designed-in 
secrecy of the under-resourced bureau has allowed it to be invisably 
ineffective.

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