It looks like determined efforts by Hollywood, Big Music and the corporate software houses to make spyware legal in Canada are crumbling. The Canadian Marketing Association wanted Stephen Harper’s Conservatives to alter anti-spam Bill C-27 so consumers would have to opt out of receiving advertising bumf, instead of actively asking for it. “In a message sent to its 800 corporate members, last week, the CMA urged companies to get in touch with their local MPs to demand changes to the proposed legislation, which was expected to “enter a critical phase,” said the CBC recently, going on »»» The current draft of Bill C-27 will require a marketer to obtain a consumer’s consent, whether implied or explicit, before sending them an email.

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Spyware and DRM on Canadian computers?