The government is using balancedcopyright.gc.ca as the domain name for its site devoted to Bill C-32. Someone forgot to register the actual balancedcopyright.ca domain, however, which was quickly grabbed by the Pirate Party of Canada, which is now a registered political party.
Battle of the Balanced Copyright Sites
June 3, 2010
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Re: Balancedcopyright.ca
You can expect /our/ balancedcopyright.ca content to be up within the coming days, so keep an eye out.
-Mike Bleskie
Pirate Party of Canada
Good job, Pirate Party! 😀