US Places Canada On "Piracy Watchlist"

[Iron_Raptor]

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3912/125/

Apparently Canadians tend to pirate a lot of stuff.  Even though we're no-where near as high as say... Argentina, which has the highest piracy rate thus far.

This royally cheeses me off. 

[Silvermink]

This would be the downside of Democrats in Washington - they're tucked firmly into the entertainment industry's back pocket.

[Star Wonder]

Wow...Retarded... Don't they actually do research before making damn claims? Especially about Canada... they don't even know anything about us.

[Vanilla Skunk]

we all know that the states doesn't like the fact WE'RE ON TOP! :P

[pixel]

CRAP!! THEY'RE ONTO ME! *Runs comically, blank discs dropping from an overcoat*

[Ravenwood]

When you look at the numbers..  They are even sadder.

The global avreage in CD sales decline is about 15%, Canada's national average is only 8%.  The global average increase in digial sales is 24%, Canada's is 65%.

So Canada's CD sales decline is half the global average and the digial sales is more than double the global average.

Not to mention that MPAA is looking at a second consecutive year of record profits.

[Silvermink]

Yeah, I don't think this is based in reality at all - they're just trying to badger Canada into coming into line with copyright abominations like the DMCA.

[Kithop]

Yeah, I don't think this is based in reality at all - they're just trying to badger Canada into coming into line with copyright abominations like the DMCA.

Nailed it. :)

They've been trying very very hard to do that.  Thankfully we have some saner heads in parliament trying to stop it each time (yay NDP?).. I hope they can hold out.