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To mark the tenth anniversary of the DMCA being signed into law in the U. S., the EFF has released an updated version of their excellent document, Unintended Consequences: Ten Years under the DMCA.

As it stands, we Canadians may be getting our own version of the DMCA very soon, with An Act to amend the Copyright Act (formerly Bill C-61) likely to be reintroduced during the next Parliamentary session. Hopefully the new administration south of the border won’t push as hard for this bill for this as the last one did…