Canadian Photographers Now Officially Own the Copyright to All of Their Photos

Re:Canadian Photographers Now Officially Own the Copyright t... by unavoidable on Sunday November 11, 2012 @11:56PM (#4771674)

Somewhat related but lost in the cheering from the photographers is that this law also now makes the act of defeating DRM systems illegal (or more precisely, it is copyright infringement simply to get around DRMs or to distribute tools that do so).

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Re:Canadian Photographers Now Officially Own the Copyright t... by jonah on Monday November 12, 2012 @02:29AM (#4771940)

Hopefully this [0] will be rectified via constitutional challenge.

"Many experts believe that the government's decision to adopt one of the most restrictive digital lock approaches in the world - it creates potential liability without actual copyright infringement - renders the provision vulnerable to constitutional challenge." [1]

[0] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4771752

[1] http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6557/125/

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Re:Canadian Photographers Now Officially Own the Copyright t... by unavoidable on Monday November 12, 2012 @09:34AM (#4772945)

Although I would like to see that happen, I think the argument is a big stretch. The constitutional challenge depends on the assertion that there is a free-standing right to access information, even if it is privately produced. Geist and other scholars are of course in favour of this interpretation, but I don't think it has been adopted by courts anywhere yet.

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