But the report’s recommendations fall far short of the minimum standard that the Copyright Office should aspire to, namely: allowing Americans to use their property in lawful ways, even if some corporation wishes they wouldn’t, because it hopes to sell them expensive parts, service, apps, or other add-ons.
EFF’s lawsuit against the US government seeks to establish that standard: you bought it, you own it, you can use it in any lawful way you choose, even if that make the manufacturer’s shareholders sad.
The Copyright Office, by contrast, fails to even show that DRM does anything useful in the world, but still advises against allowing people to buy or share tools to let them bypass DRM in order to do the kinds of things the Copyright Office endorses, from repairs to security research.
Mail Me to the GOP is a new service that will ship your cremains to the GOP lawmaker of your choice after Trumpcare kills you.
The form also allows you to send a custom message to the lawmaker, such as “My combat tour in Iraq resulted in enough disability to make me uninsurable, but not enough to get all my healthcare through the VA. You killed me, you prick.”
The service was created by Zoey Jordan Salsbury, and crashed briefly after she announced it because so many people wanted to sign up.
The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear two appeals that sought to delay the Site C dam project in British Columbia.
Two First Nations — the Prophet River and West Moberly First Nations — had sought a judicial review of the mega-project, citing problems with how it was approved by the provincial and federal governments.
The Site C dam is a controversial $8.5-billion hydroelectric project on the Peace River near Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia.
Once completed, the dam will flood an 83-kilometre-long river valley. BC Hydro say it will provide enough electricity to power the equivalent of around 450,000 homes
The two First Nations say proper consultations were not carried out during the approval process and that adverse effects from flooding would significantly impair how they exercise their treaty rights.
The applications were dismissed with costs today.
As usual, the Supreme Court of Canada gave no reasons for its decision not to hear the cases.
In their decision, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled the federal government is allowed to issue permits for projects like Site C without first discovering if the project violates treaty rights.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA HAS GONE OVER TO THE DARK SIDE
The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear two appeals that sought to delay the Site C dam project in British Columbia.
Two First Nations — the Prophet River and West Moberly First Nations — had sought a judicial review of the mega-project, citing problems with how it was approved by the provincial and federal governments.
The Site C dam is a controversial $8.5-billion hydroelectric project on the Peace River near Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia.
Once completed, the dam will flood an 83-kilometre-long river valley. BC Hydro say it will provide enough electricity to power the equivalent of around 450,000 homes
The two First Nations say proper consultations were not carried out during the approval process and that adverse effects from flooding would significantly impair how they exercise their treaty rights.
The applications were dismissed with costs today.
As usual, the Supreme Court of Canada gave no reasons for its decision not to hear the cases.
In their decision, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled the federal government is allowed to issue permits for projects like Site C without first discovering if the project violates treaty rights.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA HAS GONE OVER TO THE DARK SIDE
“In the 44 years during which the Act was enforced, it authorized the legal and forced sterilization of approximately 2,500 people, the majority of which were poor, female, under the age of 25, and from ethnic minorities. Of the total number of individuals sterilized, 64.7% were women, 49.8% were from rural communities, 40.6% were unemployed, 20.55% were characterized as housewives, 25.7% were Métis or Indian (a disproportionately high number considering Métis and Indian made up only 3.4% of the total population in Alberta at the time), and 70.6% were under the age of 20. Furthermore, there were a number of incidents of patients ‘recovering’ from retardation after being sterilized— Leilani Muir being one of the more well known cases.”
- Candice M. McCavitt: “Eugenics and Human Rights in Canada: The Alberta Sexual
Sterilization Act of 1928″ from Peace & Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology (via asshole-academic)
As Canada readies to celebrate 150 years since Confederation, the National Farmers Union is putting its support behind Idle No More’s “UNsettling Canada 150” call to action.
The Idle No More movement is calling for a national day of action in support of Indigenous self-determination over land, territories and resources on July 1 — the 150th anniversary of Confederation.
In a statement released this week, the NFU — a voluntary advocacy and support organization made up of Canadian farm families — called on the federal Liberal government to fully implement the calls to action laid out by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
It also expressed its support for Idle No More’s demands for governments to resolve land-claim disputes and violations of treaty rights, and to “rein in extractive industries whose projects threaten the well-being of Indigenous peoples in their territories.”
“We know as farmers that we need to be having difficult conversations about how we have come to the land on which we are farming,” said Maureen Bostock, a member of the NFU’s international program committee.
“We need to figure out how to move forward together, given that non-Indigenous farmers have benefited from access to lands acquired through deceitful, coercive or violent means.”
