Leaving aside how this appears to misrepresent the «balance» of copyright interests (between creator and public), which and is a particular focus of this round of reform in Canada, I want to on what was placed «on the books» in the 1710 Statute of Anne, which was, after all, «An Act for the Encouragement of Learning.» (slaw.ca)
We're now waiting for a ruling on if those characters are (in my opinion) derivative or (Todd's opinion) not of the characters I co-created and have an established copyright interests in. (cbr.com)
Some of these TPMs in essence restrict users more than is legitimate to protect copyright interests. (slaw.ca)