"... and that's why they're doomed"

Cory Doctorow, who is (in my eyes anyway) a Canadian superhero of the internet, wrote a fantastic article explaining the recent history of entertainment industry and the governments and lobbying groups that prop them up.

It's a great read, but if you're too busy to finish the whole thing, I can sum it up for you in a few words. In a world where citizens expect transparency in their government, the kinds of back-room deals that result in things like the DMCA (in the US) and Bill C-61 (in Canada) are eventually doomed to failure.