By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026That's right: in 2012, Canada passed a law that lets *American* companies use *Canada's* courts to destroy *Canadian* companies that help *Canadian* technology users get more out of *their own property*. 47/ 111230
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026This law - the Copyright Modernization Act - was wildly unpopular from the start. A federal consultation drew over 6,000 opposing comments, and only *53* comments in support of the bill. 48/ 2789
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026But Prime Minister Stephen Harper whipped the vote among his Conservative MPs and passed it, because he judged that tariff-free access to America's markets to be a price worth paying: pluralistic.net/2024/11/15/r... 49/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Canada’s ground-breaking, hamstrung repair and interop laws (15 Nov 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 4709
Rubber Duck Canuk @rubberduckcanuk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Canada was already in an impossible negotiating position 000
