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"Groups such as the Business Software Alliance have acknowledged that Canada is a low-piracy country" This statement is in stark contrast to the story the U.S.
by beloch 16y ago
"Groups such as the Business Software Alliance have acknowledged that Canada is a low-piracy country"
This statement is in stark contrast to the story the U.S. government tells. They claim Canada is one of the five worst countries for piracy along with China, Mexico, Russia, and Spain.
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=3047997 http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=3047997
Interestingly enough, Canada's status as a pirate country is usually upgraded whenever copyright lobby groups are trying to get draconian updates to Canada's copyright laws shoved through parliament. They were getting close this year, but the election has thankfully nixed that. Again.
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- sp332 16y agoThat's mainly because Canada never ratified some of the relevant WIPO treaties. So even though there's not a lot of illegal infringing in Canada, content makers don't have as much control as they would like, so it gets put at the top of the "Special 301" survey every year. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/canada-again-tops-special-us-piracy-watchlist.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/canada-again...
- pyre 16y agoThose lists are sourced from industry, they are not independently compiled by government employees. If Canada isn't playing ball with the MPAA/RIAA, they can get them on that list. It's essentially meaningless.