Post Tagged with: "camcording"

U.S. Pressure on Canadian IP Grows

Following on comments from U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins, U.S. Senators Feinstein and Cornyn, as well as the USTR's Special 301 Report, the U.S. Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus has joined the chorus of criticism against Canada on intellectual property law.  The Caucus released its annual report yesterday and while not yet […]

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May 18, 2007 2 comments News

Canwest Reports Camcording Bill on the Way

Canwest News reports this morning that the Conservatives will introduce anti-camcording legislation this spring with the hope of moving the bill quickly through the Parliamentary process.  Given the recent statements from MPs from all parties this comes as no surprise, though it is still remarkable to see the power of […]

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May 11, 2007 6 comments News

The Globe on Camcording

Others have noted the Globe and Mail's one-sided coverage of the camcording story, however, there is one paragraph in today's story that requires an additional comment.  In its front page story, the Globe reports: Canada – particularly Montreal – is known as one of the world's worst offenders for piracy, […]

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May 9, 2007 8 comments News

MPAA Says NYC Source of 40 Percent of Camcording

After months of claiming that Canada is the source of up to 50 percent of camcording of films, a report out of New York now claims that the Big Apple is responsible for more than 40 percent of camcorded films.  Given that the head of the U.S. National Association of […]

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May 2, 2007 6 comments News

U.S. Theatre Owner Association President Talks Up Canadian Camcording

John Fithian, the President of the National Association of Theater Owners (yes, their acronym really is NATO), has put the Canadian camcorder issue back on the public agenda in the U.S.  Reuters reports that Fithian claimed at a press conference yesterday that the success of U.S. authorities targeting camcording has […]

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March 14, 2007 5 comments News