Jun 12, 2008 · The bill, dubbed the ‘Canadian DMCA’ has not been popular with many of those it will effect.Over 40,000 have joined a facebook group, run by Michael Geist opposing it.Geist, a law professor at

The IIPA says Canada’s lax laws have made the country a have for makers of bootlegged movies, software and microchips – known as mod chips – that are used to bypass anti-piracy technology Much like any other country, Canada has some old outdated laws that are pretty ridiculous. And if that was the case for all of these laws, then things would be a little more understandable. But the fact that some of these laws were updated as recently as 2015, makes them all the more insane. Canada-Piracy Haven With all of the legal pressures against the first- and second-ranked BitTorrent sites, "Canada has earned a dubious distinction as a world hub for illegitimate file-sharing websites and a leader in Internet piracy," according to Globeandmail.com's Barry McKenna. Jun 12, 2008 · The bill, dubbed the ‘Canadian DMCA’ has not been popular with many of those it will effect.Over 40,000 have joined a facebook group, run by Michael Geist opposing it.Geist, a law professor at Jan 02, 2020 · The EU isn’t particularly fond of Canada’s anti-piracy laws. “The Canadian IPR [intellectual property rights] system still features certain shortcomings,” the Commission writes

2016-10-7 · Canadian Admiralty, Maritime and Pleasure Boating Law is the body of law governing navigation and shipping. Among the important medieval sea codes were the Laws of Wisby, the Laws of Hansa Towns, the courts of the lord high admiral dealt primarily with cases of piracy and naval discipline but gradually these tribunals extended their

In 2008, Canadian lawmakers proposed a new anti-piracy bill dubbed C-61.The plans met great opposition from the public and were eventually wiped from the table later that year prior to the federal Canada Remains a "Safe Haven" for Online Piracy The MPAA, RIAA and other entertainment industry groups are calling out Canada, claiming that it remains a "safe haven" for copyright infringers and pirate sites. The new "notice and notice" system Justice Laws Website

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Canadian Book Pirates – The Piracy Years An interesting account of the Canadian side of 19th century trans-Atlantic book piracy (from Rowland Lorimer’s Ultra Libris). It was routine for [Canadian] booksellers to sell pirated editions of British titles, produced in and imported from the United States, rather than importing from Britain. Piracy Laws Could Become Tougher in Canada Piracy Laws Could Become Tougher in Canada. at the moment, Canadian custom agents cannot seize goods, including videogames, which are known to be pirated, because the action requires a court New Canadian Copyright Laws Require ISPs To … 2015-1-3 · BarbaraHudson writes: New Year's Day brought into force new Canadian copyright laws that go after people who download copyrighted materials online. From the article: "As of January 1st Internet service providers (ISPs) are required to pass along notices of alleged copyright infringement.,