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Canadian Movie Piracy Claims Mostly Fiction?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the i-never-would-have-guessed dept.

Justin Primus writes "Michael Geist's weekly column dismantles recent claims that Canada is the world's leading movie piracy haven. The article uses the industry's own data to demonstrate that the assertions about movie bootlegging and its economic impact are greatly exaggerated and that the MPAA's arguments about Canadian copyright law are misleading. I particularly liked how Geist dug up the fact that the MPAA itself says that there have only been 179 movies recorded with a camcorder over the past three years out of the 1,400 that the Hollywood studios released."

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  1. Mostly? by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Funny

    The true part: "There is a nation, it is called Canada."

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    1. Re:Mostly? by Lev13than · · Score: 5, Funny

      The true part: "There is a nation, it is called Canada."

      Not so fast - them's fighting words... You need to know that within the Nation of Canada there's also the Nation of Quebec and the hundred or so First Nations. Then there's the Nunavut Territory, which is actually the Innu Nation. And don't forget the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, which was a Sovereign Nation until it grudgingly allowed the rest of Canada to join them in 1949 (and is still embroiled in a territorial dispute with the Nation of Quebec). Of course, now that we're down this path we're going to have to deal with the Metis Nation, the Acadian Nation and who knows what else. Eventually we'll reach the point where we have to recognize the Nation of the Borough of East York.

      In short, the whole "Nation" thing is a bit messy up here, so it's really better for everyone if you just don't bring it up. To avoid similar confusion in the future, I suggest you go with the universally accepted moniker of "The 51st State".

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  2. One Bad Joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Canadian Movie Piracy Claims Mostly Fiction?
    Aren't most movies fiction anyways? I mean, who cares if they're pirating fictitious or documentary films?
  3. proof! by geedra · · Score: 5, Funny

    there have only been 179 movies recorded with a camcorder over the past three years out of the 1,400 that the Hollywood studios released
    ..confirming that less than 13% of their crap is worth watching.

  4. Re:Broken Record by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 4, Funny

    And why anyone would want a movie that was taped in a theater on a camcorder is beyond me. That sound wasn't the orcs coming from deep within the mountain, it was your feet sticking to the floor..

  5. MPAA's most successful tactic... by HaeMaker · · Score: 4, Funny

    Make movies so horrible no one would bother recording it.

  6. Re:The reality is... by Knara · · Score: 3, Funny

    So what I'm getting here is that you frequently need to see shitty movies?