Parliament began debating Bill C-32, the Copyright Modernization Act, today on the floor of the House.  The Bill introduces sweeping reforms, including positive improvements such as exceptions for user generated content and format shifting as well as an expansion of the purposes for which a dealing may be 'fair' under the existing Copyright Act.  However, the Bill includes serious flaws, foremost of which are the protections it offers for digital locks.  These protections threaten to undermine all of the positive additions to the Bill and to expand the scope of Copyright protections well beyond its traditional protection for works of art.  Parliament is expected to refer the Bill to Committee for further debate sometime this week.