Over the past few months, I've often been asked why the movie industry would pursue anti-camcording legislation if the data was so inconsistent. My response invariably focused on the notion that this was the thin edge of the wedge – an attempt to paint Canada as a piracy haven and […]
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Library of Parliament Releases C-47 Legislative Summary
Seventeen page analysis of the Olympics mark bill here.

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