[Cdn-DMCA] Tech activists protest anti-copying

[Tom Trottier]

On Thursday, July 18, 2002 at 13:31, Jason Young <canada-dmca-
opponents at flora.org>
wrote re "Re: [Cdn-DMCA] Tech activists protest anti-copyin" saying:

> Let me add a few observations from yesterday:
...
> - Jonathan Potter of DiMA called for DRM that respected 'fair use'. I 
> was disappointed to hear a consumer advocate say this because I don't 
> believe DRM can ever treat 'fair use' without necessarily giving it 
> structure, rigidity and thereby shrinking its scope. Canada, btw, 
> does not have fair use. It has 'fair dealing' exceptions, which are 
> enumerated in the act and which could be much more easily coded into 
> software rules. I think 'fair dealing' is a poor substitute for 'fair 
> use', and if you attempt to code 'fair use' into software, you're 
> going to end up with 'fair dealing'.
...

Thanks for all the notes. I wonder how they will code in "public 
domain" access.

Tom
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