On Feb 18, 2012, at 6:51 PM, George Bonser wrote: >> academics in ontario are gonna need a scalable vpn service until they >> find jobs elsewhere. >> >> http://www.cautbulletin.ca/en_article.asp?SectionID=1386&SectionName=Ne >> ws&VolID=336&VolumeName=No%202&VolumeStartDate=2/10/2012&EditionID=36&E >> ditionName=Vol%2059&EditionStartDate=1/19/2012&ArticleID=3400 >> >> i can only handle a dozen or so. anyone running anything at scale? >> >> randy > > "The agreement reached last month with the licensing agency includes > provisions defining e-mailing hyperlinks as equivalent to photocopying a > document" > > I certainly hope that is some politicized hype printed in that article and > not real. That is absolutely idiotic on the face of it. When I have seen > stuff like this printed in the past it has generally been over the top > catastrophizing of an issue in order to inflame emotions. I sure hope that's > the case here. Otherwise my impression of Canadians has sunk to a new low. > Why would it be in anyone's interest to sign such an agreement?
It seems to be real -- see http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2012/February/copyright_deal_struck.html I asked a Canadian friend of mine (who has serious privacy and security expertise) about it. She said "Yes - we were discussing this vile decision in my Technopolicy law class... I have no idea what they were thinking! Idiots." --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
