CNET: In Canada: Cache a page, go to jail?

This is unbelievable! In an effort to get Canada up to speed with the 1996 WIPO copyright treaty (which spawned the extremely flawed DMCA!), the Canadian Parliament has placed on their docket a bill (C-60) that could make it illegal for search engines to cache Web pages, opening the door to frivolous lawsuits and damaging the public’s (or at least internet users’!) access to information.

This is another example of terrible legislation written by the industry that has the most to gain from a draconian copyright law — i.e., record labels and movie studios.

[Thanks to Roy Tennant and Current Cites!]

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