Canada Joins China & Russia On US Piracy List

"While there has been a few positive developments in these key markets over the year, the bottom line is that piracy levels have not come down at all or only marginally, and in some countries the situation has grown worse," Eric Smith, president of the International Intellectual Property Alliance, said in a statement.

Translation - the draconian laws passed by the US to ensure our flawed business model continues, have not been adopted by these countries. Because of this, we can't sue our customers for not buying enough of our product, because they legally don't have to buy 3 copies of the White Album for their car, iPod and computer. They can legally get by with just the one copy. We want that changed.

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Quite the retaliation for Canada labelling the USA as high on the list of countries that routinely use torture.

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Dave Ruston

Never mentioned, with good reason no doubt, are the overly biased estimates of sales losses in the USA due to so-called piracy. It seems that in the perfect world of the anti-piracy lobbyist, imagined losses can only happen outside the USA.

Now here is a question: If this supposedly "International Intellectual Property Alliance" only represents the interests of one country (namely the USA), how can it legally possess this erroneous name?

Who gave this name? The USA of course. How dumb.

'International' is supposed to mean 'USA' of course.

I cheer the pirates on!

This just in, US #1 violator of Saudi Laws!

US law applies in the US. Says so on the label.

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This is another attempt to force Canada to introduce it's own draconian DMCA equivalent. Which leads to suing people for perceived and unprovable losses and not allowing any sort of fair use.

Unfortunately, with the SPP and upcoming NAU I'm sure Canada will eventually have to change it's laws in this regard to coincide with U.S. law, just as we did with pesticide regulations.

In the good old U.S.A. might makes right! Whether it be political, economic or military.

"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini

Yeah, but the real question is does the penalty for piracy include torture,
indefinite detainment sans charges, execution and all that other lovely freedumb
loving democratic stuff?

"It recommended placing 29 other countries or territories on the lower priority "watch list," including the following new additions: Spain, Greece, Sweden, Israel, ..."

Oops, that can't be good when do no wrong Israel, the US's bum buddy and partner in horrendous crimes, is being fingered for "piracy". It seems there's simply no bounds when it comes to corporate greed gone out of control. As they say, there's no honor among thieves.