Internet piracy is rampant in China, right? And Russia is known to be a hotbed of infringing activities as well. It may come as a surprise to some that the current No. 1 site for BitTorrent file-sharing — often of the copyright-infringing kind — is Canada-based Isohunt. In fact, the Obama administration put Canada on [...]
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News: Canada: Internet Piracy Haven
December 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Tags: BitTorrent · Canada · Copyright Infringement · illegal downloads · Illegal File-sharing · Intellectual Property Rights · Internet Piracy · ISOHunt · P2P software · Piracy
News: Battles Rage on Many Fronts to Curtail Counterfeiting and Piracy
June 2nd, 2009 No Comments
Annual review by USTR shows both progress and backsliding. Concern over Canada grows.
The theft of intellectual property remains a significant problem globally. That’s the upshot of the “Special 301″ report recently issued by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), which annually reviews the adequacy and effectiveness of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection by [...]
Tags: Canada · china · Counterfeiting · Indonesia · Piracy · Russia
News: Software piracy cost Canada $1.4B in 2008
May 29th, 2009 No Comments
Software piracy cost the Canadian economy $1.4 billion in 2008, prompting an industry group to call Tuesday for tougher copyright laws to thwart levels of theft far above those of other advanced economies.
Although the volume of pirated software in Canada fell slightly, to 32 from 33%, and while Canada remains within the top 25 countries [...]
Tags: Canada · software piracy
News: Conference Board report on copyright draws criticism
May 26th, 2009 No Comments
University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist has attacked the form and content of a Conference Board of Canada report advocating tighter copyright rules.
Copyright is a contentious issue in the digital universe, and the Conservative government has had a hard time finding a way to update Canada’s law without drawing stiff opposition from digital advocates, [...]
Tags: Canada · Conference Board of Canada · Copyright Infringement
