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Canada Prepares For Crackdown On BitTorrent Movie Pirates

Posted by Soulskill on from the nothing-else-to-do-until-the-NHL-stops-being-stupid dept.

New submitter dreamstateseven tips this Postmedia News report: "A forensic software company has collected files on a million Canadians who it says have downloaded pirated content. The company, which works for the motion picture and recording industries, says a recent court decision forcing Internet providers to release subscriber names and details is only the first step in a bid to crack down on illegal downloads. 'The door is closing. People should think twice about downloading content they know isn't proper,' said Barry Logan, managing director of Canipre, the Montreal-based forensic software company."

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  1. Show me the sensus data. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't think there were that many people in Canada. Isn't it mostly populated by sheep and bears?

    1. Re:Show me the sensus data. by srussia · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, and those hosers download A LOT, eh!

      FTFY

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  2. Re:Lucky for them bittorrent is uploading by girlintraining · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's no more illegal than bringing home a bootleg CD bought on the streets of Karachi.

    A crime punishable by 30 years in the electric chair under new copyright legislation.

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  3. Re:Lucky for them bittorrent is uploading by jamstar7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's no more illegal than bringing home a bootleg CD bought on the streets of Karachi.

    A crime punishable by 30 years in the electric chair under new copyright legislation.

    Not to mention, they stick your heirs with the electric bill.

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  4. Check out the Census Data! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I didn't think there were that many people in Canada. Isn't it mostly populated by sheep and bears?

    Sheep and bears need entertainment too. They can only laugh at the crazy US political system for 16 months in every 4 year period.

  5. Re:Lucky for them bittorrent is uploading by girlintraining · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not to mention, they stick your heirs with the electric bill.

    That assumes there's anything left I can put in my will. "To my beloved, one cracker, dry, slightly used. To my three children, whom I put up for adoption after being convicted, 12 scratch-off lottery tickets, pre-scratched, not winning. And to the recording industry, I bequeath my massive 3,000 ton collection of pig poop, collected over many years because it was the only thing that the bankrupcy judge let me keep, thinking it had now value... which is currently being sprayed on everything in the parking lot and the entrances and emergency escapes of the building you are reading this in. Lovingly yours, Me. P.S. You left your windows down."

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