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Putting Canadian Piracy in Perspective

Posted by Zonk on from the those-canuck-bandits-will-get-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Over the past year Slashdot has pointed to many industry claims and governmental pressure over Canada piracy issues. Canadian law prof Michael Geist has produced Putting Canadian 'Piracy' in Perspective, a video that demonstrates how the claims are hugely exaggerated. For example, it shows how despite the MPAA's claim of movie piracy, Canada was the industry's fastest growing market last year. Similarly, while the recording industry says Canada is the world's top P2P country, the data shows that the Canadian music industry is experiencing record gains and that most of the decline from the major labels is due to retail pricing pressures."

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  1. Yarr! Eh? by darth_MALL · · Score: 0, Funny

    Gimmer Yer Loot! If it's not too much trouble! Yarr! Sorry!

  2. So ... in other words ... by ScrewMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    the media companies are lying to us.

    That's a huge surprise.

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  3. Canada . . by Chikenistheman · · Score: 5, Funny

    . . . Living the American dream.

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  4. Re:Tell that to Sam the Record Man by brennz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Competition from online sales is not a piracy issue you cretin.

  5. Obligatory... by Tarlus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Putting Canadian Piracy in Perspective Yaaarrrrr, eh? *Runs away*
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  6. Re:It's time to buyr Sam and move on by Frohboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    but it happened to other old names like Eaton's and the sky didn't fall. Of course, Eaton's just went out of business because they kept mailing Maple Leafs jerseys to kids in small-town Quebec.
  7. RIAA/MPAA maths prove Canada's "mass piracy"... by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 4, Funny

    We all know from past news stories that, according to RIAA/MPAA, having 4 32-speed CD burners actually equates to having 128 CD burners, so...

    1. Population of the USA: 295,734,134 (July 2005 est. (CIA World Factbook)).

    2. Population of Canada: 32,805,041 (July 2005 est. (CIA World Factbook)).

    3. Ratio of Canadians to Americans: 1:9.015.

    Therefore, according to standard RIAA/MPAA accounting practices, every act of Canadian piracy equates to over 9 acts of American piracy.

    Now you know why they're so damned worried about Canadian file sharing...

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  8. Powerpoint Alert by pkulak · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unless I get popcorn at my next meeting, that wasn't a "movie".