Post Tagged with: "movie piracy"

U.S. Senators Pressure Prime Minister on Movie Camcording

The dispute over movie camcording in Canada has escalated further with the intervention late last week of two prominent U.S. Senators. Senators Dianne Feinstein and John Cornyn have written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to urge Canada to enact new anti-camcording legislation. The letter pulls out all the usual suspects […]

March 5, 2007 — 30 comments — News

Can’t Blame Canada For Counterfeiting

Appeared in the Toronto Star on March 5, 2007 as Piracy in Canada Noise Getting Tiresome Based on recent media coverage, people unfamiliar with Canada could be forgiven for assuming that all Canadians sport pirate eye-patches while searching for counterfeit treasure. The "Canada as a piracy haven" meme has been […]

March 5, 2007 — 1 comment — Columns Archive

Flushed Away

The AP is reporting that the FBI arrested a U.S. man for uploading a copy of the flim Flushed Away. His source – not camcording but rather an Oscar screener copy (yes, someone apparently thought Flushed Away merited an Academy Award).

February 23, 2007 — 3 comments — News

U.S. Movie Studios Kill ACTRA Deal

While the U.S. movie studios demand that Canada reform its copyright laws, the Canadian Press reports that they just killed a negotiated labour settlement that was to have provided new rights and compensation to Canadian performers. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson might want to remind them of that the next time […]

February 20, 2007 — 1 comment — News

Another Day, Another Movie Statistic

The NY Times reports on the Canadian camcording issue, using the figure of "30 – 40 percent" of pirated DVDs sourced to Canada. Moreover, there now yet another reason for why the Canadian camcording is a particular problem – "industry officials acknowledge that Canadian pirates offer technically superior work."

February 20, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — News