Canada Immune From RIAA?

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 16, 2003 @03:51AM from the is-everything-better-in-canada dept.

Nick McKay writes "Tech Central Station is carrying a story on how Canadians are legally allowed to copy music not only in the home environment, but also on P2P networks such as Kazaa."

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Re:Sing it with me now! by mblase · 2003-09-16 04:10 · Score: 0, Troll

Ohhhhhhh CAAAANAADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Our home and native land!!!!
w00t!

If all Canadians sing that badly, it's no wonder the RIAA's turned a blind eye to your entire country.
Re:US != America by pgpckt · 2003-09-16 04:12 · Score: 0, Troll

Deal with it.

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Thomas Jefferson Quote by Jack+Comics · 2003-09-16 05:01 · Score: 0, Troll

"All we have to do to invade Canada is to walk in." - Thomas Jefferson

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Re:Canada's not all its cracked up to be by geekee · 2003-09-16 05:20 · Score: 0, Troll

"So that means every time you buy a CD to backup your Word documents, or photos, or home movies etc you pay a $0.77 tax which ends up going to the music industry."

Welcome to socialism, where wealth is arbitrarily redistributed based on the whims of those in power. This is what you get when you sacrifice the rights of individuals to promote the needs of the collective.

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what the fuck by ziggy_zero · 2003-09-16 05:55 · Score: 0, Troll

i posted a link to this in response to another RIAA article a few days ago, and i got modded down to 0, Troll.

what gives?

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Re:Welcome! by Bull999999 · 2003-09-16 06:44 · Score: 0, Troll

How about 500,000 US Military deaths in WWII vs. 39,000 for Canada?

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Re:Welcome! by Balagan · 2003-09-16 07:32 · Score: 0, Troll

always shouldered your share in the past yes. now your country is too busy with naval gazing nihilism and euro-weasel worship to step up as you have in the past.
Re:My little Rant by eddie+can+read · 2003-09-16 07:47 · Score: 0, Troll

I want the government watching out for me. It's the only thing big enough to stand against corporations like the RIAA.

You already have your wish. You have interventionist government. And interventionist government gets captured by concentrated deep-pocket interests every time. You asked for it, you got it, you got screwed by it.
Re:Welcome! by d_i_r_t_y · 2003-09-16 10:14 · Score: 1, Troll

oh come on... the american health system is ridiculous. turning away the sick because they can't afford health insurance, whilst spending more than the other top 20 spenders combined on "defense" (ie: attack)?

now that's what i called an enlightened society.