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- Zippo, on 01/22/2008, -1/+54Oh Canada.
God I love my country. - KraftDinner101, on 01/22/2008, -0/+52Glad to hear someone is upholding our rights to privacy protection.
- elamr, on 01/22/2008, -0/+29Too bad the US doesn't care about the privacy of its citizens.
- cast55, on 01/22/2008, -0/+26There is at least one competent person working in my government. Hooray.
- puto, on 01/22/2008, -0/+21I wanna thank her, anyone know her email address?
- Topher06, on 01/22/2008, -0/+16Umm, wow. Great. Thanks. Now how about doing something good for us and getting our beloved Canadian government to stop entertaining ideas like charging us a music tax on media, playback devices and potentially Internet service charges rather then stating the obvious and doing nothing. I get tired of government lobbyists that don't actually lobby our Canadian government to make changes. The message is good, but the point is missed if it doesn't reach the government or effect change.
- amoffat, on 01/22/2008, -0/+15Excellent
- Rikushix, on 01/22/2008, -0/+14From http://www.privcom.gc.ca/contactUs/index_e.asp
"However, due to the growing number of inquiries received by the Office and our limited resources, we can unfortunately no longer process inquiries sent to us by e-mail."
They have a phone, though:
Toll-free: 1-800-282-1376
Phone: (613) 995-8210
That would be a good place to start with inquiries/thank yous. I'm impressed with her for this, I don't want my country to become fascist-like when it comes to DRM and copyright laws. - aidave, on 01/22/2008, -4/+17How long until the Conservatives fire her?
- captaindigger, on 01/22/2008, -2/+13Nice to see that Canada is setting a good example. Too bad the US has a chimpanzee running their country.
- jonnyeh, on 01/22/2008, -1/+9His name is Michael Geist, and his followers are legion.
- captainchris, on 01/22/2008, -0/+7_buy her a soda_
- inactive, on 01/22/2008, -0/+6privcom.gc.ca
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General Inquiries
For all general inquiries, contact:
Toll-free: 1-800-282-1376
Phone: (613) 995-8210
Fax: (613) 947-6850
TTY: (613) 992-9190
Complaints
If you believe you have a complaint under the Privacy Act or PIPEDA, submit it to us in writing at the following address:
112 Kent Street
Place de Ville
Tower B, 3rd Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 1H3
Didn't see an email for her specifically. - bam359, on 01/22/2008, -0/+5In 3...2...1...
Seriously after the Chalk River BS, this wouldn't surprise me at all. - dianebl, on 01/22/2008, -0/+5No. The CRIA is our equivalent of the RIAA. They're funded by the record companies.
The canadian privacy commission is funded by the federal government to be an independent watchdog on privacy issues. - barius, on 01/22/2008, -0/+5I think their citizens care, too bad their government doesn't.
- barius, on 01/22/2008, -1/+6Well, ok, but only because you asked.
Parliament > Republic (Haven't you seen Star Wars!?)
5 recognized political parties giving representation to much more diverse set of political ideals > 2 party system fittingly symbolized by a tusk-less elephant and a jackass.
2,000 sent to prison /yr for simple possession in 2004 (~0.006% of pop.) > 700,000 sent to prison /yr for simple possession in 2005 (~0.23% of pop.)
No war on drugs > War on Drugs
Social (education/health/safety) spending far outweighing military spending > huge ass military with nothing better to do than destroy a nation for flipping one to Bush Sr. because in reality nuclear war is the only possible threat anyone could pose to the US and no one would dare throw a stone at ***** a cannon.
Greater separation of Church and State > In God We Trust
Education in Canada > Education in US.
No Skull and Crossbones > Skull and Crossbones.
No DMCA > DMCA
No Patriot Act > Patriot Act
No illegal wiretapping > Bush & Cheney whacking off to illegal recordings of your phone sex and internet browsing habits.
Political campaign donations strictly limited + lobbyists balanced by commissions > Fascist government.
Oh yeah, and pot should be legalized, etc etc. - Waiting2awake, on 01/22/2008, -0/+4Are their any groups like the EFF in Canada? Who is looking out for the consumer here?
- inactive, on 01/22/2008, -1/+4Digg user: Just say yes to TPB
- purelithium, on 01/22/2008, -0/+3You aren't canadian if you don't know what "Hein?" means. It's French for "eh?"
- SniperSlap, on 01/22/2008, -1/+4I think it's worth noting that she is still in support of copyright protection in general and this still puts her in the retard-bin of forward thinking.
We've got to stop acting like the sharing of information is anything more than simply an exchange of primitive and intangible representations.
Mind you, the entire industry seems to be steering away from private corporate involvement because the only natural evolution for them is DRM etc...
FOSS will take center stage once people realize it is by nature incapable of restricting their activities. It's too bad the infrastructure is becoming controlled by the telecom corporations and no longer academia. A true shame. - Daumen, on 01/22/2008, -0/+2http://onlinerights.ca is a joint organization between the EFF and "The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic" (CIPPIC). CIPPIC also does some of this type of thing itself: http://www.cippic.ca. However, to my knowledge neither group has yet taken on cases or anything like that to the degree the EFF has in the US. We also have Michael Geist (http://michaelgeist.ca) who helps raise public awareness on a lot of these issues (Law professor, also involved in CIPPIC).
- KaiserArny, on 01/22/2008, -0/+2Well me I Don't only listen to music. That's why it's a problem. what they planed on charging is a tax on any drive that may or may not contain music. Why should i pay on tax on my hard drive if i got mostly movies ripped from my own DVD's. I already paid for them why should i pay more. Furthermore it would be maybe 25$ for a 4Gb Ipod but what about the 80Gb one or even your 500Gb drive on your computer. At what rate would they tax you?
- BobsYourUncle, on 01/22/2008, -0/+2Nice to hear, but I don't hold out much hope for the gov't doing anything other than ***** us.
- ben_nushmut, on 01/22/2008, -0/+2So, I guess the RIAA labels are putting on "Blame Canada" right about now? Don't forget to pay the fees just for thinking about or singing the lyrics!
- DigitAl56K, on 01/22/2008, -0/+2That's a fantastic idea. Then with their limited resources they'll be unable to process inquiries sent to them by phone, too!
- inactive, on 01/22/2008, -0/+2It'll be their routine overnight firing for effect like they always do.
- MrChocolate, on 01/22/2008, -5/+6Eh?
- purelithium, on 01/22/2008, -3/+4Hein?
- 42Vindictive, on 01/22/2008, -0/+1I don't understand.
- barius, on 01/22/2008, -1/+2She's not a lobbyist, she's a commissioner. Lobbyists have power and private money, commissioners on the other hand are merely advisory. Commissioners are typically quite intelligent and informed people, IMHO because they are not paid by private interests. Lobbyists are, of course, nothing of the sort.
- cheesehead, on 01/22/2008, -1/+2If the Gov't stopped charging this tax it would open us up to wild eyed American copyright law. So be careful what you wish for. The Tory/Republican Jim Prentice has already tried to introduce new legislation which appears to be largely crafted to by American Lobbyists with little if any Canadian input.
- cheesehead, on 01/22/2008, -1/+2Wish to insert thanks to American digg as Canada has even tighter media control than America and stories like this simply arn''t co v r d two wel
- QuickeningYak, on 01/22/2008, -0/+1(Disclaimer: I'm not Canadian.)
One question: Is CRIA funded by the Canadian Privacy Commission or other relevant governmental entity ?
[I apologize for [1] not finding it myself, and [2] asking what is probably a stupid question.] - dianebl, on 01/22/2008, -1/+2She's not in support; her role is to advocate on behalf of privacy issues. If something doesn't have privacy implications than it is not in her mandate to comment on it.
The article is about her concern for DRM measures that infringe on privacy. - Konstantino, on 01/22/2008, -0/+1Being a Canadian who has some minor issues with his country, I'm really happy that Canada is making this move. It makes me smile :)
- cheesehead, on 01/22/2008, -0/+1What do you call a Canadian who is supposed to represent our country but spends most of his time licking the American chimp's ass? And all the the ass's of those the chimp licks? Would it be Butt Sucker, Lobbyist, Great Northern Puppet, Yankee Doodle, Helmut head, Weird hair man, capitalist android, Lying prick? Sigh. My imagination is not up to the scope of this.
- dianebl, on 01/22/2008, -1/+2CRIA is the Canadian Recording Industry Association. It is the Canadian record companies, along with the canadian branches of the american record companies.
- canuckflack, on 01/22/2008, -0/+1If you want to send her an email, you can send it to me - I'm the Director of Communications for the Privacy Commissioner. cmckay@privcom.gc.ca
- SniperSlap, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1Read the ***** article: "Stoddart wouldn't care much about DRM if it "only controlled copying and use of content." "
Holy *****, retard. - mjPayne, on 01/22/2008, -0/+1The system is f-up. Corporations pushing money to elect the president, media corporations that twists the truth as they see fit and lots of other things. I think you need to shake the tree until all the roaches fall down. Otherwise you'll soon need to buy your air and you'll be forced to be branded like an animal.
- Rikushix, on 01/22/2008, -0/+1C'est de la poutine!
- mjPayne, on 01/22/2008, -0/+1Fetish ?
- TheBuzzKiller, on 01/22/2008, -1/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_raising
- inactive, on 01/22/2008, -2/+2I'd ________ her anytime.
- djclay, on 01/22/2008, -0/+0I logged in just to digg you down. Quit spamming random articles with your bullcorn.
- cheesehead, on 01/22/2008, -1/+1CRIA is the American record companies.
- Jugalator, on 01/22/2008, -1/+1Holy term mixup, batman!
DRM doesn't collect information per definition. DRM is a protection mechanism and has mostly to do with encryption. Software that may collect personal information is usually termed "spyware". DRM is not the same as spyware. Spyware may use DRM technologies, but doesn't have to.
The Sony rootkit had more to do with malicious software than DRM, really. If it was just about the DRM, systems wouldn't have been harmed, as little as they are by receiving an encrypted file and the accompanying closed source software to play it back under certain conditions. - BCcat, on 01/23/2008, -0/+0This is a noble attempt but I don't see the Canadian government having the . . . guts . . . to break step with the US. It's very unfortunate.
- cheesehead, on 01/22/2008, -2/+1Um, What Canadian record companies would that be?
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