This arti­cle about Bill C-61 and how it threat­ens our uni­ver­si­ties was pub­lished in the Queen’s Jour­nal. It’s a seri­ous sit­u­a­tion that can have grave con­se­quences on our rights, uni­ver­si­ties and much more!

A pro­posed change to copy­right law could change the way Cana­di­ans share media. It could also have a neg­a­tive impact on the edu­ca­tion sys­tem, said Eng­lish pro­fes­sor Laura Murray.

An anti-circumvention clause in the bill would make it ille­gal to break dig­i­tal locks on copy­righted mate­r­ial, nul­li­fy­ing the new allowances for most dig­i­tal media.

Mur­ray, also the author of the book Copy­right: A Cit­i­zens Guide said, If passed, the bill could have a seri­ous effect on Cana­dian universities.

“Decod­ing is being crim­i­nal­ized when there are a lot of legit­i­mate pur­poses for it, espe­cially regard­ing edu­ca­tion,” she said.

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