That used to be the case, right up until a judge said that uploading was also legal (since it was only an equivalent of giving access to a digital photocopy machine.) Now, I don't know what the current status is, as another judge can just as easily disagree with that precedent.
Actually the descision was based on a lack of evidence presented that infringement had actually occured. Uploading is still illegal, but identifying someone who's made the file AVAILABLE (placed in a shared directory) without proving that they've actually sent it anywhere is not sufficient to prove they've infringed on the copyright.
Actually, you're quite off in terms of main-spoken language and bilingualism
(from the 1996 Census) Population by knowledge of official language (Knowledge of official language: Refers to the ability to conduct a conversation in English only, in French only, in both English and French, or in neither of the official languages of Canada)
Total Population: 7,125,575 English Only: 327,045 (4.59%) French Only: 3,831,350 (53.77%) Both English and French: 2,907,700 (40.81%) Neither English nor French: 59,485
Of the Both English and French category: 1,792,750 (61.66%) of those people live in Montreal
(from the 2001 Census)
Population by mother tongue Total Population: 7,125,580 English: 557,040 (7.82%) French: 5,761,765 (80.86%) English and French: 50,060
Population by home language (Home language: the language spoken most often or on a regular basis at home by the individual at the time of the census)
Total population: 7,125,580 English: 480,040 (6.74%) French: 5,484,280 (76.97%) English and French: 477,955 (6.71%)
So English *far* from being the main spoken language in Quebec. In fact 408,185 out of 557,040 of people identifying english as their mother tongue live in Montreal and 376,620 out of 480,040 'home language' as english people.
So it would be *far* more accurate to say that outside Montreal, english is barely used.
I don't know where the divx installer says you *have* to use their player, and secondly, you can download just the codec by going to the right category of their download section ('codecs').
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Actually, you're quite off in terms of main-spoken language and bilingualism
(from the 1996 Census)
Population by knowledge of official language
(Knowledge of official language: Refers to the ability to conduct a conversation in English only, in French only, in both English and French, or in neither of the official languages of Canada)
Total Population: 7,125,575
English Only: 327,045 (4.59%)
French Only: 3,831,350 (53.77%)
Both English and French: 2,907,700 (40.81%)
Neither English nor French: 59,485
Of the Both English and French category: 1,792,750 (61.66%) of those people live in Montreal
(from the 2001 Census)
Population by mother tongue
Total Population: 7,125,580
English: 557,040 (7.82%)
French: 5,761,765 (80.86%)
English and French: 50,060
Population by home language
(Home language: the language spoken most often or on a regular basis at home by the individual at the time of the census)
Total population: 7,125,580
English: 480,040 (6.74%)
French: 5,484,280 (76.97%)
English and French: 477,955 (6.71%)
So English *far* from being the main spoken language in Quebec. In fact 408,185 out of 557,040 of people identifying english as their mother tongue live in Montreal and 376,620 out of
480,040 'home language' as english people.
So it would be *far* more accurate to say that outside Montreal, english is barely used.
I don't know where the divx installer says you *have* to use their player, and secondly, you can download just the codec by going to the right category of their download section ('codecs').
divx.com's codec section
Likely you just followed the 'Download DivXTM Now!' link, which directs you to download the "DivX(TM) 4.11 Bundle (includes The Playa and DivX Codec)"