Canada Encouraged US To Place It On Piracy List

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 3, 2011 @02:42AM from the international-cooperation dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Copyright, U.S. lobbying, and the stunning backroom Canadian response gets front page news treatment today in Canada as the Toronto Star covers new revelations on copyright by Michael Geist (who offers a longer post with links to the cables) from the U.S. cables released by WikiLeaks. The cables reveal that former Industry Minister Maxime Bernier raised the possibility of leaking the copyright bill to U.S. officials before it was to be tabled in the House of Commons, former Industry Minister Tony Clement's director of policy Zoe Addington encouraged the U.S. to pressure Canada by elevating it on a piracy watch list, Privy Council Office official Ailish Johnson disclosed the content of ministerial mandate letters, and former RCMP national coordinator for intellectual property crime Andris Zarins advised the U.S. that the government was working on a separate intellectual property enforcement bill."

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Clearly wikileaks must be stopped !!! by assemblerex · 2011-09-03 02:44 · Score: 5, Insightful

Can't have people getting used to the truth now, can we ?
1. Re:Clearly wikileaks must be stopped !!! by osu-neko · 2011-09-03 07:05 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  they already know that governments are full of lying sacks of shit.
  Yes, true, but in many circumstances, it's important to know the specifics.
  
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  "Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies."