Response rates from 52k Alberta voters.
35% Yes |
65% No |
30% Yes |
45% No |
5% Yes, locks are critical to protecting artist's revenues |
21% Let the free market, instead of the government, decide |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 52k Alberta voters.
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Unique answers from Alberta voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@B5WZKQJ1wk1W
If can be locked so a purchaser cannot resell/share the content that's fine, but they should not be allowed to remove digitally purchased products from our accounts.
@B4Q7WZJ3mos3MO
No, because this opens up the possibility of switching from a one time purchase to own model to a time-based subscription model, which is fundamentally wrong for many types of digital content
@B4KJ9LB3mos3MO
If the purpose of the lock is prevent people from changing their content, then the answer would be yes. If the purpose of the lock is to prevent fact checking and investigative reporting on the content, then the answer is no. It all depends on the intent behind the publication.
@B43QV9M3mos3MO
No, the market generally prefers to pay for access to content until the providers make it a pain in the a** then people will pirate which will regulate the providers for better service. If someone can't pay the artist would have never made the sale anyways
@B3Z39M44mos4MO
Yes, let them do whatever they want with their content; the protection is easily removed by those who desire to do so anyway.
@8LG95RH5yrs5Y
Yes, as long as they are only enforced for a limited and reasonable time.
@9KTFCM71yr1Y
No, and piracy of content that is no longer legally obtainable through official channels should be legalized.
@8V77Y674yrs4Y
Yes, but copyright protection periods should be reduced
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