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The IIPA Copyright Demands For Canada and Spain
Dangerous_Minds writes "The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) is demanding a number of countries be placed back on the special 301 piracy watchlist. One country being recommended for inclusion is Canada (PDF). Apparently, even though Canada passed copyright reform laws, any compromise to protect consumers is reason for inclusion. Michael Geist offers some analysis on this move. Meanwhile, the IIPA is also recommending that Spain be included in the watchlist. In a separate filing, the IIPA makes a host of reasons why Spain should also be included. One of the main reasons seems to be that even though Spain passed the Sinde Law in spite of protests, the courts aren't simply rubberstamping any takedown requests and that cases that were dismissed due to lack of evidence is cause for concern. Freezenet offers some in-depth analysis on this development while noting towards the end that the Special 301 report suffers from credibility problems."
Ubuntu £inux is the next step in the copyright litigation of Canada. First they offer Ubuntu as a "Free Download" image. It's distributed as an ISO image like all pirated games, so it lets them track you. Ubuntu also provides you with a torrent app to entrap you into piracy and even provides the tools needed to make low level copies of disk images (dd). Ubuntu is however a corporate conspiracy, not a liberator. They know when you pirate because of the experimental black project NSA tracking device implanted in your Ubuntu Phone. Microsoft has cautioned people against Ubuntu but nobody will listen.