Blacklocks mistake in going before the Federal Court was not being the Toronto Star.
The judge ruled Blacklock’s terms were “plainly visible” and clearly prohibited password sharing without permission. Blacklock’s even sent the password buyer two written notices with a number to call if they intended to “share or distribute content.” The judge dismissed it as irrelevant.
What passwords does it apply to?
Any kind at all. The rule applies to any ordinary password to websites, newspapers, video and music services, library databases, scientific or technical journals, peer-reviewed periodicals, you name it.
That part will get fixed in no time.
Awesome! So Netflix will essentially be FREE in Canada! Awesome. Wait. And so will all my Microsoft yearly subscriptions! Ohhhhhhhhh mommmaaaaa … so. much. free. shit. in. Canada!
Oh please. MSFT has a thousand ways to get money out of you.
I think the gist of the ruling is companies need to make it so users cannot share login credentials and not rely exclusively on shareable usernames/passwords to protect content. Users are not smart enough to understand that they shouldn’t share passwords even if you tell them.
If additional technical measures were taken, like authorizing specific devices to run specific software, or mandatory two factor authentication on each login, requiring physical presence of subscriber, this ruling would not apply.
In my opinion no Canadian taxpayer should be obligated to pay for any content produced by a government funded media corporation. The taxpayer is already paying for the Toronto Star…why should we need to buy passwords?
mandatory two factor authentication on each login
This is pretty much already happening organically, but it requires a fair bit of expertise to set up if you don’t want to be beholden to Big Tech; and it costs money to run the infrastructure. So small orgs like Blacklocks are screwed out of the market.
Everyday, the most basic of norms is turned upside down by well educated, well connected idiots. But Canada’s institutions seem to be leading the race to obscurity and failure.
If passwords are elminated, then sites are ad dependent. Ad dependent means under the control of Google which is what they want. Big corps don’t care because they conspire with Google.
Blacklocks is already using google.
Let’s get the CRA’s opinion on that decision.
I wanna know what numbnutz tax return says….
Won’t password protected sites just verify each password using customer? Examples: ask for cell number; message customer email requiring email response; text a unique verification code to customer that must be used for access. Some password protected sites do this now or require a new password every 6 months.
Maybe extra steps are cost prohibitive for small business?
Can Parks Canada entry passes be shared?
We can’t be expected to understand technical language like “non-transferable”! Share away!
They give free passes to everyone but citizens already, don’t they?
Good thing Disney+ and Netflix were already preparing to leave Canada……
The fascist state doesn’t like the free press. The fascists working for the state are incentivized to use lawfare against its enemies because their legal costs are paid for by slave labour (involuntary taxpayers).
I’m not clear on how this doesn’t extend to every form of proprietary media. I am a writer who enables digital rights management on content I publish online. What’s to stop someone from copying my work and distributing it for free?
Or is screwing over authors something only the government is allowed to do, thanks to this idiotic ruling?
Looks like the Federal Court is taking its cue from Sockboy and his socialists: you have no property rights, either physical or intellectual, in a country where every “fundamental right” can be ignored by a government on any “reasonable” grounds.
How will AI learn if the machine can’t steal your shit?
If you produce anything using Adobe, they now can use your product any which they choose. Copyright is now on a dinner plate for all to consume.
So then, could someone be kind enough to share their password for the Red Star, the Mop and Pail and all the other taxpayer funded news media so I don’t have to pay (again) for their stuff?
I thought Blacklocks doesn’t accept government media handouts. Anyone know for sure?
A lawless post-national state, exactly what the WEF commanded the potato to create. The Sikh helped too, thinking the voters would support the lawlessness.