OTTAWA—Does asking a friend for a copy of a newspaper article from a subscription website constitute copyright infringement? According to an Ottawa small claims court, it does. The court recently issued a deeply flawed copyright ruling, providing a timely warning about the dangers of Canada’s restrictive digital lock rules that were enacted by the Conservatives over the strong objection of many copyright watchers. The case (1395804 Ontario Limited Blacklock’s Reporter v Canadian Vintners Association, 2015 CanLII 65885) involved
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