The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) sicked the FBI on the owner of a harmless fan website dedicated to the MGM TV show Stargate. The crime: "Criminal Copyright Infringement". The FBI used the US Patriot Act to obtain financial records from the websites Internet Service Provider (ISP) during the investigation.



This is troubling for Canada. Canada is set to sign two Intellectual Property Treatries that will bring our copyright treaties inline with that of the USA. We all know about the threat of the US Patriot Act to the privacy of Canadian's confidential records. Will the free expression of Canadians on the Internet now be at risk?

Link to US Patriot Act craziness