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Anti-circumvention  
Written by Brogar the 29 Jul 09 at 16:55. Global category: Copyright Consultation. New
Technological protection measures have been around for an awfully long time and are likely going to stick around.

How should Canada address these digital locks and the circumvention of them in the new act?
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Solution #1: Allow Circumvention
Written by Brogar the 29 Jul 09 at 16:55.
Allowing the circumvention of digital locks in certain situations including research, education, and rightful ownership makes sense.
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Solution #2: Solution #2: Bill C-60 Approach
Written by DFewer the 5 Aug 09 at 15:37.
Solution #1 is consistent with both C-60 and the DMCA approach. The problem with picking certain activities that are permitted to avoid a digital lock is that you replicate the work already done in the Copyright Act: we've already identified socially useful activities that do not infringe copyright. Why replicate that task in anti-circumvention?

This suggests that we adopt the C-60 approach - no liability for circumvention if done for a non-infringing purpose.

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Litigation doesn't change the behaviour  
Written by KickingRaven the 14 Aug 09 at 19:01. Global category: Copyright Consultation. New
People file share. There is little empathy for the companies who say they are losing vast sums of revenue due to it. Litigation of ordinary citizens for vast sums of money in damages does nothing to change the apathy, if anything it causes a greater degree of it. The data that companies use to demonstrate that file sharing hurts them is flawed. People want to share, it is in our nature.
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Solution #1: Don't make it illegal
Written by KickingRaven the 14 Aug 09 at 19:01.
If the attitude towards file sharing could be changed to a more positive one then there are monetization opportunities. As an example, if a person shares content with people and that results in a sale then the sharer would receive some form of compensation, say credits via a redeemable code that the purchaser enters. Change the perception of the activity and recognize the potential benefits the change can represent.
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Solution #2: Legal copyright protections that encourage monetization
Written by Tamir the 17 Aug 09 at 23:57.
Along with an attitude shift, maybe it would be useful to produce some form of legislative incentives in the coming copyright bill that would encourage content creators to develop monetization schemes?

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Breaking down the big questions  
Written by Brogar the 28 Jul 09 at 11:12. Global category: Copyright Consultation. New
The government proposed 5 big questions that are too broad to be proposed at single ideas.

1. How do Canada’s copyright laws affect you? How should existing laws be modernized?
2. Based on Canadian values and interests, how should copyright changes be made in order to withstand the test of time?
3. What sorts of copyright changes do you believe would best foster innovation and creativity in Canada?
4. What sorts of copyright changes do you believe would best foster competition and investment in Canada?
5. What kinds of changes would best position Canada as a leader in the global, digital economy?

Breaking these questions into smaller more focussed discussions might lead to better results.

There are two questions here, do we make sub-questions out of these big, board questions? If so, what form do these subquestions take?
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Solution #1: Smaller Questions
Written by Brogar the 28 Jul 09 at 11:12.
We should break them into smaller questions with tighter discussion and solutions being proposed.

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