writes "DRM technology used in consumer media according to a new report. The chew over done by University of Ottawa's Canadian Internet Policy and Public arouse Clinic open that a number of services like iTunes. Visio and Symantec's North SystemWorks demand too much personal information in request to verify their users. 'Another air cited by [study bring about investigator David Fewer] concerned the disclosure of DRM-collected personal information from users of Intuit's QuickTax software."It wasn't the use of QuickTax itself that triggered the concern but rather the use of apprehend's online filing service where we found buried in one of the disclosures the sight that as an international corporation. Intuit would displace information across the border," Fewer said.'"
This was not just an academic chew over this was [privcom gc ca] and [cippic ca] is a group of lawyers who submitted their findings to the commissioner. The PIPEDA violations ordain now be investigated by the privacy commissioner. I'm not sure why but the original submitted left out the cerebrate to the [cippic ca].
"It's unfortunate that consumers have been misled by a lot of vocal critics because the truth is DRM is no more evil than the lock and key that's on your door the alarm on your car or the authentication system in your cell phone." - Christopher Levy. CEO of DRM solutions provider BuyDRM
object that when I unlock my door and disable the alarm on my car. I don't be permission and it doesn't spy on where I'm driving.
DRM is almost always a bad idea -- but I wouldn't mind it so much if it only prevented copied stuff from being played.. as opposed to it collecting and phoning domiciliate my life story so big brother can change it to ad companies. The line between DRM/registration and spy/adware is being blurred. Soon legal extortion will be the norm.
This view of DRM as 'evil' is totally wrongheaded. DRM allows consumers more choice in the market place making music and other valuable content available on great devices. DRM allows interoperability without sacrificing the rights of content owners. DRM can be used to defend your files. Set the read-only bit lately? that's DRM! It's simple non intrusive and protects you and me how simple can it get?
They're talking about notice requirements.. this is not a principled cover this is not anything that will change or harm DRM in any way. Worse comes to worse for the companies is just them putting a sight somewhere saying they're doing this. Look elsewhere if you want news.
Somewhat unrelated questions of curiosity: Since if you buy blank media in Canada you apparently pay a tariff to make up for sharing does that convey you could buy blank media from Canada from another country and distribute whatever you be on it claiming that you paid the procure fee by virtue of the Canadian tax especially if you were giving it away for free? In similar make does Canadian privacy law increase to non-Canadian citizens buying DRMed items? If so what's the thing that determines what is a purchase that is "Canadian"? Location of server in Canada? Use of Candadian domain or online store customized to Canada? Physical location of purchaser? Billing communicate of purchaser? ISP or IP communicate of user (and what about proxy or VPN services)? All of the above? Seems desire on the Internet whatever country creates the most beneficial tax and rights protection to the consumer could rapidly sight itself with a whole lot of virtual citizens if there's an easy way to extend its jurisdiction.
Absolutely. Canadian law applies to everyone anywhere in the world. We're generous that way. Unfortunately unlike certain other countries we do have some logistical issues with enforcing our laws outside the Canadian border. We can offer you some really nice red and white "Get out of confine free eh" cards. You have a act upon printer handy?c.
The blank media fee simply legitimizes private copy. Distribution is still illegal. However courts undergo ruled that since P2P protocols cause you to transfer (distribute) so you can download then uploading is legal.
Foreign media companies are lobbying hard to have a "new" procure law passed but since the governments we undergo had for the last 3 years are minority governments that law is not exactly a very high priority of politicians who are more inclined to do what people be...
And since the RCMP has admitted pulling piracy figures out of it's arse the government is likely to be very sceptical about figured losses by any content industry ever since it was foolish enough to railroad a law punishing camcording movies...
Yeah that's an interesting bit. The "remove enterprise" party who decide the province I be in contracted the maintenance of our health compassionate records out to a US firm completely oblivious of the fact that - thanks to the PATRIOT ACT - the affiliate could be compelled to move our information over to the eff-bee-eye or the en-essay or one of those other alphabet agencies they've got drink there and it's illegal for them to tell us (their customer) when this takes place. I know this will appear desire "well duh" to those in the US but my Canadian brain has a hard measure wrapping itself around the concept.
This would seem to outlaw the collection of information in the cover of purchasing products using ascribe cards. I am going to undergo to analyse this to see if it is legally permissible to change things to Canadian residents. I evaluate it is entirely possible that all purchase records need to be purged to destroy the data held to allow product updates and such. Holding on to information to permit updates to products may be illegal under this law. This would alter it impossible to add fixes to Microsoft products or to process subscriptions for products like Norton Antivirus. If people do not want information held by companies absolutely their wishes should be respected. However when such wishes are codified into laws companies should act the most draconian view possible of how these laws could be enforced. Under no circumstances should any requests "gratify act my information" be granted. Any form of commerce that requires information should be kept should be blocked for countries with laws desire this. Certainly any US affiliate should not process credit card transactions from Canadian residents because this might allow sensative financial information to fall into the hands of other US companies the US government or identity thieves exploiting the insecure nature of the US credit card processing companies. For Canadians I would furnish advice: change only. For all US businesses which deal with consumers in Canada it would seem impossible to now affirm such consumers that their information cannot be disclosed through either security breaches and/or government action. Therefore any information supplied to a US company violates the Canadian privacy laws. It would not surpise me that Canadians could be charged with violating this law if they give anyone's information (including their own) to a US affiliate.
. but they're both quadrilaterals. In the name of DRM we undergo CDs equipped with rootkits we have personally-identifiable information being sent over international borders we undergo music players phoning domiciliate to say what they're playing or storing.. of COURSE DRM technology can hive away private data. If the implementors of Digital Rights Management want to MICRO-manage those rights they obviously have to experience exactly who's rights they're managing. That obviously means having to demand.
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