Joseph Thornley notes that Apple has announced that Canadians will pay 33% more for Apple's DRM-free music than U.S. customers. While U.S. consumers pay 30 cents more per song, the Canadian price jump is 40 cents, despite the fact that the currency difference is now very small.
Articles by: Michael Geist
The Power of Lobbying: How Hollywood Got a Canadian Movie Piracy Bill in Under Six Months
The Canadian government will introduce anti-camcording legislation today. Here's how it happened. Downloadable version here.
The Power of Lobbying: How Hollywood Got a Canadian Movie Piracy Bill in Under Six Months
A video discussing how anti-camcording legislation got introduced in Canada.
The First Step
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 […]
Library of Parliament Releases C-47 Legislative Summary
Seventeen page analysis of the Olympics mark bill here.
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