Go read this article:<\/p>\n

Michael Geist – The Canadian DMCA bill<\/a>. I started to sputter after the second provision – where converting DVDs, CDs and other medias to portable devices may become a crime if you use a device\/program that circumvents the copyright protection. If we’re using these converted files for personal use and not for resale or distribution, why should it matter what we do with the movie\/music we bought? <\/p>\n

Because we have to buy these media files over and over again to play on various devices, making more money for distributors. Who had a major hand in crafting this bill. If I buy Iron Man<\/em> on DVD, I would have to buy it from iTunes if I wanted to watch it on my iPod. Cha-ching!<\/p>\n

While the law does update some outmoded digital rights, this goes too far into personal freedoms, methinks.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Michael Geist expands succinctly on what the new law would mean<\/a> – invasion of privacy, a law that barely could be enforced and rights of consumers stripped away (shouldn’t Apple be coming in on a white horse right about now?). He also provides ways of contacting your local and federal reps to protest this flawed law. Write in today! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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