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Originally Posted by Locke
What are the actual repercussions here?
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Presently? Little. Bill C-32 has to go through committee, then it has to go through third reading. If it manages to pass through the third reading, then it gets sent off to the Senate for an additional three readings. If it passes through the Senate, then it receives Royal Assent and becomes law with all applicable amendments made since first reading.
It has a long way to go, but it is making progress. By comparison, Bill C-61, which was the Conservative government's first attempt at a Copyright Modernization Act, was so shoddy and anti-consumer that it never made it out of the First Reading stage, it was shot down violently.
MP's in the Liberal and NDP party's are deeply concerned about the digital lock clauses. to quote one of them from the debate on the 3rd:
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Originally Posted by Honorable Minister Glenn Thibault, Sudbury, NDP
I happen to have a seven-year-old daughter who is a huge Hannah Montana and Jonas Brothers fan. We must buy as many Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana movies and music as we possibly can in my household. I can rhyme off Hannah Montana songs. I am sure many other MPs who have young children could do the same thing. I will not sing one for the House. I do not want to embarrass myself that badly because I am not a great singer. My daughter has a CD collection but we cannot find CD players, so we need to put those on to our MP3 player. Under the bill, my seven-year-old daughter is now breaking the law.
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I have a strong suspicion that while the bill is in committee, it will receive amendments that will allow consumers to do what they wish with their purchased media in the privacy of their own homes, because otherwise, Bill C-32 is pretty solid.