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Canada Responsible for 50% of Movie Piracy

westcoaster004 writes "Hollywood is blaming Canada as being the source for at least 50% of of the world's pirated movies. According to an investigation by Twentieth Century Fox, most of the recording is taking place in Montreal theatres where films are released in both English and French. This has led to consideration of delaying movie releases in Canada. Their problem is that the Canadian Copyright Act, as well as the policies of local police forces, makes it difficult to come down especially hard on perpetrators. Convicting someone is apparently rather difficult, almost requiring a law officer to have a 'smoking camcorder' in the hands of the accused. Hence, the consideration of more drastic measures."

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  1. Re:Damn your collective punishments, MIAA! by WED+Fan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Modded Flamebait? Boy, some idiot didn't get the joke.

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    Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong fix.
  2. Re:The glass is half empty... by Genrou · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Someone mod all the redundant South Park references appropriately.

    Is that what Brian Boitano would do?

  3. Re:this is serious by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... declare war on Canada.

    Considering the number of troops bogged down in Iraq,
    we would have to throw conscripted fetuses at them.