Saturday, June 21, 2008

Bill C-61 in laymans terms: Time Shifting

Third topic of bill C-61, Time shifting

According to Bill C-61,
You are allowed to:
  • Record a TV show (Clause 17, section 29.23, subsection 1)
You are not allowed:
  • To record more than 1 copy. (Clause 17, section 29.23, subsection 1, paragraph c)
  • To watch that copy more than once. (Clause 17, section 29.23, subsection 1, paragraph d)
  • To give that copy to anyone. (Clause 17, section 29.23, subsection 1, paragraph e)
  • To record a video-on-demand unless specifically permitted (Clause 17, section 29.23, subsection 2)
  • To record an Internet only show. (Clause 17, section 29.23, subsection 3)
  • To record a video provided as a service by a PVR (Clause 17, section 29.23, subsection 5)

And, because of Digital lock provisions (Clause 17, section 29.23, subsection 1, paragraph b), you are not allowed:
  • To record a protected broadcast

My own thoughts:
Wow. My mother still has tapes of my childhood show. Stuff paid by the government of Quebec and show on Radio-Canada and Radio-Quebec (I feel old). I guess all those tape will have to be trashed.

Relevant links:
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=3570473&Language=e&Mode=1&File=45#8

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