Bill C-11 - Canadian version of SOPA/PIPA/DCMA

Thanks for nothing, they more or less support C-11. @#$^

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(Le français suit l’anglais) Thank you for taking the time to write regarding Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Copyright Act. We appreciate having the benefit of your comments and the opportunity to let you know more about our work on a number of these legislative concerns. New Democrats want updated copyright laws to balance the rights of artists, consumers and rights-holders. We believe that Canada needs effective legislation to ensure artists’ royalties are protected; long-distance education opportunities aren’t hindered; and that young people aren’t subject to unfair, expensive fines. That’s why we will not be supporting Bill C-11 unless the government is willing to amend the digital lock provisions and restore royalty provisions for artists. The blanket provisions for digital locks will allow corporate interests to decide what legal rights you may or may not exercise. This unbalanced approach will ultimately hurt artists, educators and consumers. New Democrats also think that it is time to strike a balance in Canada’s copyright law that will properly recognize the cultural community for its valuable contributions to our society. Going forward, we will continue to work hard to improve this bill and press the Harper government to adopt the best copyright laws for the 21st century. Please find below a letter from NDP Copyright and Digital Issues critic Charlie Angus that further explains our position on Bill C-11. Again, thank you for taking the time to register your views. Sincerely, Nycole Turmel, M.P. Interim Leader of the Official Opposition New Democratic Party of Canada Charlie Angus, M.P. NDP Copyright and Digital Issues Critic Thank you for your email regarding C-11, the Conservative government’s new copyright bill. Since 2004, New Democrats have pushed to have Canada’s copyright legislation brought into the digital age. We believe that copyright in a digital environment must be based on two fundamental principles – access for consumers and remuneration for artists. Unfortunately, the Conservative government has failed to meet these two fundamental principles. On one hand, the government directly attacks millions of dollars in existing copyright royalty to artists all the while undermining rights of consumers through their digital lock provisions. Given the above, we will not be supporting Bill C-11 unless the government is willing to amend the digital lock provisions and restore royalty provisions for artists. New Democrats are concerned about a number of measures in this legislation. First, we oppose the digital lock provisions in Bill C-11 as they go well beyond our obligations under the WIPO treaty. Legal protection for TPMs (Technological Protection Measures) should not override rights that are guaranteed to citizens under existing copyright legislation. Another concern is that this bill offers consumers rights they will not be able to exercise. The blanket provisions for digital locks will allow corporate interests to decide what legal rights you may or may not exercise. This unbalanced approach will ultimately hurt artists, educators and consumers. There are also serious concerns over the impact this bill would have on long-distance education. In particular, we are totally opposed to provisions that would require students and educators to destroy their class notes after 30 days. While we support the right of consumers to time shift and back up legal works, we oppose the government’s attempt to erase the right of artists to receive compensation for private copying of works. Further, the refusal of the government to update the private copying levy into the digital realm will cost artists millions of dollars a year in lost royalties. Finally, we oppose plans to remove mechanical royalties for radio as well as attempts to erase collective licensing rights in schools. While there is much we dislike in this bill, there are measures that we can support — for example, provisions that would bring Canada into compliance with the WIPO copyright treaties including the “making available” right of artists. We also support the move to ensure photographers are given copyright over works their works. We support efforts to extend fair dealing rights for satire and parody. For our part, we will try to improve this deeply flawed piece of legislation. First, we will look to amend the digital lock provisions to ensure there is a balance between the right of a creator to protect their work and the right of the consumer to access content for which they are legally entitled. In addition, we are committed to clarifying the fair dealing rights in terms of education so that students and educators are able to access works in the classroom while, at the same time, ensuring collective licensing regimes for the fair remuneration of creators are not undermined. Again, I appreciate knowing of your interest to have Canada adopt improved copyright legislation for the 21st century. Sincerely, Charlie Angus, MP Timmins – James Bay Official Opposition Critic for Digital Issues and Copyright Merci d’avoir pris le temps de nous écrire au sujet du projet de loi C-11, Lo modifiant la Loi sur le droit d’auteur. Nous sommes heureux de recevoir vos commentaires et d’avoir l’occasion de vous faire part de notre travail concernant certaines préoccupations en lien avec ce projet de loi. Le NPD souhaite renouveler la Loi sur le droit d’auteur de manière à trouver un équilibre entre les droits des artistes, des consommateurs et des détenteurs de droits. Nous croyons que le Canada a besoin d’une loi permettant de s’assurer que les redevances des artistes soient protégées, tout en s’assurant de ne pas nuire à l’éducation à distance et de ne pas exposer les jeunes à des amendes injustes et coûteuses. C’est pourquoi nous n’appuierons pas le projet de loi C-11, à moins que le gouvernement n’accepte de modifier les dispositions concernant les serrures numériques et de restaurer les dispositions concernant les redevances des artistes. Les dispositions de portée générale du projet de loi concernant les serrures numériques permettraient aux grandes entreprises de décider des droits légaux que vous pouvez ou non exercer. Cette approche mal équilibrée est nuisible pour les artistes, les enseignants et les consommateurs. Les membres de l’équipe du NPD considèrent également que notre Loi sur le droit d’auteur doit reconnaître à juste titre l’importante contribution de la communauté culturelle pour notre société. Dans les prochaines semaines, nous allons continuer à travailler dur afin d’améliorer ce projet de loi et d’inciter le gouvernement Harper à adopter une Loi sur le droit d’auteur adaptée au 21e siècle. Vous trouverez ci-dessous une lettre du porte-parole du NPD en matière de questions numériques, Charlie Angus, qui explique plus en détail notre position sur le projet de loi C-11. Une fois de plus, nous vous remercions d’avoir pris le temps de nous faire part de votre point de vue. Chaleureusement, Nycole Turmel, députée Chef intérimaire de l’Opposition officielle Nouveau Parti démocratique du Canada Charlie Angus, député Porte-parole du NPD en matière de droit d’auteur et de questions numériques Je vous remercie de votre message électronique concernant le nouveau projet de loi du gouvernement conservateur sur le droit d’auteur (C 11). Depuis 2004, les Néodémocrates ne cessent de faire pression pour obtenir une loi canadienne du droit d’auteur adaptée à l’ère numérique. Nous estimons que le droit d’auteur à l’ère numérique doit s’appuyer sur deux principes fondamentaux : l’accessibilité pour les consommateurs et la rémunération pour les artistes. Malheureusement, le gouvernement conservateur n’a respecté ni l’un ni l’autre. D’un côté, il compromet directement des millions de dollars de redevances aux artistes en vertu de droits d’auteur en vigueur tandis que, de l’autre, il porte atteinte aux droits des consommateurs en adoptant des dispositions sur les serrures numériques. Cela étant, nous n’appuierons pas le projet de loi C 11, à moins que le gouvernement soit disposé à modifier les dispositions relatives aux serrures numériques et à rétablir les dispositions relatives aux redevances pour les artistes. Les Néodémocrates s’inquiètent du nombre de mesures prises dans le cadre de cette loi. Premièrement, nous nous opposons aux dispositions relatives aux serrures numériques parce qu’elles dépassent largement nos obligations en vertu du traité de l’OMPI. La protection juridique des MTP (mesures techniques de protection) ne devrait pas l’emporter sur les droits garantis aux citoyens en vertu de la réglementation actuelle du droit d’auteur. Nous sommes également inquiets du fait que ce projet de loi accorde aux consommateurs des droits qu’ils ne seront pas en mesure d’exercer. Les dispositions générales relatives aux serrures numériques permettront aux entreprises de décider des droits juridiques que vous pourrez – ou non – exercer. Cette perspective déséquilibrée finira par faire du tort aux artistes et aux enseignants. Il y a également lieu de s’inquiéter sérieusement des répercussions de ce projet de loi sur l’enseignement à distance. Nous sommes notamment tout à fait opposés aux dispositions qui exigent que les élèves et les enseignants détruisent leurs notes de classe au bout de 30 jours. Nous sommes d’accord pour donner aux consommateurs le droit de programmer l’enregistrement d’œuvres protégées par le droit d’auteur ou d’en faire des copies de secours, mais nous nous opposons à la tentative du gouvernement de priver les artistes du droit d’être rémunérés pour la reproduction privée de leurs œuvres. Par ailleurs, le refus du gouvernement de mettre à jour le droit de reproduction privée en fonction de la réalité numérique va faire perdre aux artistes des millions de dollars de redevances. Enfin, nous sommes opposés aux mesures destinées à supprimer les droits de reproduction mécanique à la radio ainsi qu’aux tentatives de suppression des droits des sociétés de gestion dans les écoles. Bien que ce projet de loi nous déplaise à beaucoup d’égards, nous pouvons appuyer certaines des mesures qui y sont proposées, par exemple les dispositions qui aligneraient le Canada sur les principes des traités de l’OMPI en matière de droit d’auteur, notamment en ce qui concerne le droit des artistes de mettre leurs œuvres « à la disposition du public ». Nous sommes également en faveur de l’idée de garantir aux photographes un droit d’auteur sur leurs œuvres. Et nous appuyons les efforts visant à élargir les droits d’utilisation équitable aux satires et parodies. Pour notre part, nous tâcherons d’améliorer ce texte législatif très déficient. Nous chercherons tout d’abord à faire modifier les dispositions relatives aux serrures numériques pour obtenir un équilibre entre le droit du créateur de protéger son œuvre et le droit du consommateur d’avoir accès au contenu auquel il a légalement droit. Par ailleurs, nous sommes déterminés à clarifier les droits d’utilisation équitable dans le domaine de l’enseignement, afin que les élèves et les enseignants soient en mesure d’avoir accès à des œuvres en classe, tout en évitant de compromettre le système des sociétés de gestion, qui permet aux créateurs d’obtenir une rémunération équitable. Je tiens à vous remercier une fois encore de votre souci que le Canada adopte une meilleure loi sur le droit d’auteur pour le XXIe siècle. Veuillez agréer, Cher ami, l’expression de mes sentiments les plus cordiaux. Charlie Angus, député de Timmins – James Bay Critique de l’Opposition officielle pour les questions numériques et le droit d’auteur
 
No response here.. My MP is a punkass outsider kid-con who has to ask for permission to go and wee-wee. There's no chance he'll say anything without the permission of the party leadership. The only reason he won in my riding is that most of the people who overcame the typical voter inertia defected from the fiberals to the dips and diluted th vote, while the cons' supporters stuck to their guns. I really wish I could have declined my ballot in the federal election just like on the provincial level.
 
Thank you for making this thread and raising the awareness :) We will win

just think, this law could be used to kill all the free porn sites. even if the porn wasn't infringing all that would be required is an accusation

No! Not the free porn!!!
 
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Well, here's the thing.....

I'm an Independent Producer and Content Rights Holder.

If I produce content for a distribution channel or even DVD distribution (for example, FMX) I need to pay the athletes, cameramen, editors, colorists, post production costs, distributors, etc. I need to rent the cameras, trucks, helicopters. I need to get permits and pay taxes to the cities and municipalities and when all is said and done hopefully my company can make a buck. Those costs are all up front

I see my content pirated all the time. Case in point…… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRPWsD9hMKI

I don’t see this as any different from someone lifting my wallet from my pocket and I applaud the government for actually doing something, althought IHMO its too little too late

If a Content Creator cannot make money producing video, music, books, etc., no-one will create content - so what are you going to watch then?

BTW, whoever mentioned paying taxes on downloads, please. There is a small tax on tapes, media players, ereaders, etc. Guess how much of that I see - $0.00. It all goes to making high quality CBC programming such as Wind at my Back and Little Mosque on the Prairie.
 
Well, here's the thing.....

I'm an Independent Producer and Content Rights Holder.

If I produce content for a distribution channel or even DVD distribution (for example, FMX) I need to pay the athletes, cameramen, editors, colorists, post production costs, distributors, etc. I need to rent the cameras, trucks, helicopters. I need to get permits and pay taxes to the cities and municipalities and when all is said and done hopefully my company can make a buck. Those costs are all up front

I see my content pirated all the time. Case in point…… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRPWsD9hMKI

I don’t see this as any different from someone lifting my wallet from my pocket and I applaud the government for actually doing something, althought IHMO its too little too late

If a Content Creator cannot make money producing video, music, books, etc., no-one will create content - so what are you going to watch then?

BTW, whoever mentioned paying taxes on downloads, please. There is a small tax on tapes, media players, ereaders, etc. Guess how much of that I see - $0.00. It all goes to making high quality CBC programming such as Wind at my Back and Little Mosque on the Prairie.


I have no issue with content providers being paid, but the way the bill is written is meant to stifle free speech, stop the internet from being freely accessable. and puts the bill for stopping piracy on the consumer. no one's going to be able to afford your content. and it won't stop foreign piracy. Do you think students and educators should have to destroy their notes from a text book 30 days after their written? that's the way this bill is written.

As for people acquiring your work with out paying for it, well it's going to happen anyways. industry canada has shown that piracy has helped with sales of content and look at the artists out there that have done the pay what you think it's worth or even told their fans to download their works for free (because they hated their labels)...
 
I am also all for the content creator getting paid for his work. I am also all for his customer having certain rights to the content that they purchased. While I have the legal right to back up my work, as soon as you put a digital lock on it that prevents me from backing it up, you take away my legal right. What if I get in an accident and go blind.. Should I re-purchase all of my e-books because digital locks prevent me from running them through a text-to-speech engine? What if I'm a bona-fide critic and think your artwork is crap. Do you HONESTLY think that you should have the ability to shut down my site without due process by making false allegations of me distributing pirated content?
 
That assumes that if you purchase and download a piece of content you own it. That's not the case.

If you download the Beatles White album from iTunes for $9.99 the rights holder is still Michael Jacksons estate. They determine what is fair use for that content. If it shows up on a web site without the releases or royalties it's an issue, even if it is to criticize or critique it. The rights holder determines fair use.

I also feel that a digital lock is very much a moot point. I left my old iPad on a plane and restored the new one in about 15 mins from the iCloud, intact with all content and apps. I can understand that there will always be a group of people who want something physical in their hands but I don't believe it's necessary today for backup purposes.

I believe it also makes content ownership more flexible. I can distribute that content across any device in my domain and as new devices ae added such as the iPad, it seamlessly syncs. In the past I have purchased the same piece of content 4 times on record, tape , cd and music DVD as new devices and formats were released.

I know the argument is that's fine if you buy into Jobs philosophy, but it's germane to the Zune marketplace, Virgin marketplace, etc.
 
I don't agree. Fair use is a legal doctrine that specificaly allows use of copywrited material without the owner's permission. In the US it includes commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship.

What the owner can determine is licenced use, something completely different.
 
That assumes that if you purchase and download a piece of content you own it. That's not the case.

If you download the Beatles White album from iTunes for $9.99 the rights holder is still Michael Jacksons estate. They determine what is fair use for that content. If it shows up on a web site without the releases or royalties it's an issue, even if it is to criticize or critique it. The rights holder determines fair use.

I also feel that a digital lock is very much a moot point. I left my old iPad on a plane and restored the new one in about 15 mins from the iCloud, intact with all content and apps. I can understand that there will always be a group of people who want something physical in their hands but I don't believe it's necessary today for backup purposes.

I believe it also makes content ownership more flexible. I can distribute that content across any device in my domain and as new devices ae added such as the iPad, it seamlessly syncs. In the past I have purchased the same piece of content 4 times on record, tape , cd and music DVD as new devices and formats were released.

I know the argument is that's fine if you buy into Jobs philosophy, but it's germane to the Zune marketplace, Virgin marketplace, etc.

I think you are looking at the issue from very narrow field of view, which certainly is a concern to you and many others in your situation.

Unfortunately, the law they are trying to stuff down our throats has much much broader field of coverage. If it would help your situation, but screw many others along the way who have done nothing wrong. Most people who are not in your position will never agree with this.

Digital lock is not a mute point. Not everyone has iPad or is on iCloud (there's many other applications where it matters more). I think the major problem is that the music industry mainly, has failed to recognize what is a fair use. They are slowly being forced into it by the marketplace, but they don't like it, they heavily invest in SOPA/PIPA or whatever else helping their cause.

We cannot be living in a society where we fix one thing by messing up five others ....
 
I got a couple of replies...... I'll let you all read them and comment :) copy and pasted...

First one:

" (Le français suit l’anglais)

Thank you for taking the time to write regarding Bill C-11, An Act to amend
the Copyright Act. We appreciate having the benefit of your comments and the
opportunity to let you know more about our work on a number of these
legislative concerns.

New Democrats want updated copyright laws to balance the rights of artists,
consumers and rights-holders. We believe that Canada needs effective
legislation to ensure artists’ royalties are protected; long-distance
education opportunities aren’t hindered; and that young people aren’t
subject to unfair, expensive fines.

That’s why we will not be supporting Bill C-11 unless the government is
willing to amend the digital lock provisions and restore royalty provisions
for artists. The blanket provisions for digital locks will allow corporate
interests to decide what legal rights you may or may not exercise. This
unbalanced approach will ultimately hurt artists, educators and consumers.

New Democrats also think that it is time to strike a balance in Canada’s
copyright law that will properly recognize the cultural community for its
valuable contributions to our society. Going forward, we will continue to
work hard to improve this bill and press the Harper government to adopt the
best copyright laws for the 21st century.

Please find below a letter from NDP Copyright and Digital Issues critic
Charlie Angus that further explains our position on Bill C-11.

Again, thank you for taking the time to register your views.

Sincerely,


Nycole Turmel, M.P.
Interim Leader of the Official Opposition
New Democratic Party of Canada


Charlie Angus, M.P.
NDP Copyright and Digital Issues Critic


Thank you for your email regarding C-11, the Conservative government’s new
copyright bill. Since 2004, New Democrats have pushed to have Canada’s
copyright legislation brought into the digital age.

We believe that copyright in a digital environment must be based on two
fundamental principles – access for consumers and remuneration for artists.
Unfortunately, the Conservative government has failed to meet these two
fundamental principles. On one hand, the government directly attacks
millions of dollars in existing copyright royalty to artists all the while
undermining rights of consumers through their digital lock provisions.

Given the above, we will not be supporting Bill C-11 unless the government
is willing to amend the digital lock provisions and restore royalty
provisions for artists.

New Democrats are concerned about a number of measures in this legislation.
First, we oppose the digital lock provisions in Bill C-11 as they go well
beyond our obligations under the WIPO treaty. Legal protection for TPMs
(Technological Protection Measures) should not override rights that are
guaranteed to citizens under existing copyright legislation.

Another concern is that this bill offers consumers rights they will not be
able to exercise. The blanket provisions for digital locks will allow
corporate interests to decide what legal rights you may or may not exercise.
This unbalanced approach will ultimately hurt artists, educators and
consumers.

There are also serious concerns over the impact this bill would have on
long-distance education. In particular, we are totally opposed to provisions
that would require students and educators to destroy their class notes after
30 days.

While we support the right of consumers to time shift and back up legal
works, we oppose the government’s attempt to erase the right of artists to
receive compensation for private copying of works. Further, the refusal of
the government to update the private copying levy into the digital realm
will cost artists millions of dollars a year in lost royalties.

Finally, we oppose plans to remove mechanical royalties for radio as well as
attempts to erase collective licensing rights in schools.

While there is much we dislike in this bill, there are measures that we can
support — for example, provisions that would bring Canada into compliance
with the WIPO copyright treaties including the “making available” right of
artists. We also support the move to ensure photographers are given
copyright over works their works. We support efforts to extend fair dealing
rights for satire and parody.

For our part, we will try to improve this deeply flawed piece of
legislation. First, we will look to amend the digital lock provisions to
ensure there is a balance between the right of a creator to protect their
work and the right of the consumer to access content for which they are
legally entitled.

In addition, we are committed to clarifying the fair dealing rights in terms
of education so that students and educators are able to access works in the
classroom while, at the same time, ensuring collective licensing regimes for
the fair remuneration of creators are not undermined.

Again, I appreciate knowing of your interest to have Canada adopt improved
copyright legislation for the 21st century.

Sincerely,


Charlie Angus, MP Timmins – James Bay
Official Opposition Critic for Digital Issues and Copyright"
 
My MP replies.....

Second e-mail:

"Thank you for your email regarding Bill C-11.

The Government of Canada has re-introduced legislation to modernize the Copyright Act, bringing it up-to-date with the advances of the digital age.

As a member of the previous Legislative Committee on Bill C-32, I had the unique opportunity to be at the forefront of discussion regarding this important legislation. This Committee received a diverse array of witnesses representing experts and Canadian stakeholders from all dimensions of debate. If Bill C-11 is referred to committee following debates at second reading, any potential amendments will also be informed by the participation of a variety of witnesses in addition to all previous testimony.

As you mentioned, having legal protections for digital locks brings Canada in line with international partners, as well as the requirements of the World Intellectual Property Organization Internet Treaties. Canadian jobs depend on their ability to make a return on their investments, and now businesses that choose to use digital locks as part of their business model will have the protection of the law.

It is important to note that a new requirement for a parliamentary review of the Copyright Act every five years will help to ensure technological neutrality, so that the law is more adaptable to the constantly-evolving technology environment while having appropriate protections.

In addition, the government will also retain the ability, through regulatory power, to provide new exceptions to the digital lock prohibition to ensure access where the public interest might be served or where anti-competitive behaviour arises.

Further, with regards to circumvention, Bill C-11 will include provisions that will enable individuals to record television, radio, and Internet programming in order to enjoy it at a later time, with no restrictions as to the device or medium they wish to use. Canadians will also be able to copy any legitimately acquired music, film, or other works onto any device or medium (such as MP3 players) for their private use, and make backup copies of these works, as long as they have not broken a digital lock.

Through the re-introduction of this legislation without changes, our government acknowledges the extensive analysis and comments that were provided on this issue in the last Parliament. As your Member of Parliament, I also thank you for expressing your thoughts on this important issue. If you have any further concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our office. For more information, please visit www.balancedcopyright.gc.ca.

Sincerely,

Peter Braid, M.P.
Kitchener-Waterloo"
 
[h=1]Study suggests U.S. box office not affected by BitTorrent[/h]
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FEBRUARY 11, 2012BY FRANCIS BEA




A study by researchers from Wellesley College and the University of Missouri, has found that U.S. box office sales are not affected by BitTorrent pirating. More importantly, the report revealed that movie studios hold the power to curb piracy by decreasing international box office release windows.
Online piracy may not be as bad as Hollywood would like you to believe. A new study titled, “Reel Piracy: The Effect of Online Film Piracy on International Box Office Sales,” conducted by Brett Danaher, from the Department of Economics at Wellesley College, and Joel Waldfogel from the Department of Economics at University of Missouri, suggests little, if any, loss of revenue on U.S. box office sales after the release of BitTorrent. More importantly, while piracy is exhibited to have a direct correlation to a loss of revenue in the international box offices, decreasing the release window would be sufficient enough to curtail losses.
An international movie release following its U.S. debut is wrought with technical difficulties that contribute to a wide release window. The expensive cost of the 35mm film print (a 110 year old technology) for distribution to movie theaters, both domestic and international, typically consumes 3.5 percent of a film’s budget. In an effort to cut costs, it’s common practice for distributors to reuse film from theater to theater, thereby exacerbating the time between releases. But recently, theaters have been slowly transitioning from film to digital projection systems.
The study underlines three other key problems for movie studios:
1. There is a shortage of international theaters.
2. The complexity of organizing promotional appearances for the film’s actors adds to the delay.
3. Action and science fiction genres exhibit the highest supply of online pirated movies.
What shouldn’t come as a surprise from the aforementioned complications is that the restlessness of international fans, waiting weeks or months for a film’s release, is often assuaged by watching pirated material. But what needs to be highlighted from the study is its evidence supporting the notion that, generally, consumers, both domestic and international, will favor theaters over illegal distribution channels.
“Consumers in the US who would choose between the box office and piracy choose the box office (and the remaining US pirates had valuations lower than the ticket price) but that international consumers who would consider both options choose piracy due to a lack of legal availability,” wrote the researchers. “If piracy displaced box office sales in the US, we would have expected the slope of the returns profile to shift more significantly as BitTorrent became more widely adopted.”
In other words, researchers were unable to discern an irregular drop in returns of domestic box office sales, which could fault BitTorrent as the culprit.
Despite the mounting evidence and studies providing evidence to the needlessness of the movie studios’ assault against file-sharing services, their attacks have been intensifying. At the end of the day, these results suggest that, while directing the blame at file-sharing services induces the fear of prosecution among other file-sharing competitors, much of the power to curb piracy remains in the hands of the studios.





so basically many people would go pay to watch the movie if they could, but the studios won't let them.



http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1986299

download the entire paper here http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID2004221_code986726.pdf?abstractid=2004221&mirid=1

[h=1]Reel Piracy: The Effect of Online Film Piracy on International Box Office Sales[/h]
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[h=2]Brett Danaher[/h]
Wellesley College - Department of Economics

[h=2]Joel Waldfogel[/h]
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management ; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Economics
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[FONT=Myriad Roman, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif;]January 16, 2012[/FONT]


[FONT=Myriad Roman, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif;]Abstract: [/FONT]
[FONT=Myriad Roman, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif;]Hollywood films are generally released first in the United States and then later abroad, with some variation in lags across films and countries. With the growth in movie piracy since the appearance of BitTorrent in 2003, films have become available through illegal piracy immediately after release in the US, while they are not available for legal viewing abroad until their foreign premieres in each country. We make use of this variation in international release lags to ask whether longer lags – which facilitate more local pre-release piracy – depress theatrical box office receipts, particularly after the widespread adoption of BitTorrent. We find that longer release windows are associated with decreased box office returns, even after controlling for film and country fixed effects. This relationship is much stronger in contexts where piracy is more prevalent: after BitTorrent’s adoption and in heavily-pirated genres. Our findings indicate that, as a lower bound, international box office returns in our sample were at least 7% lower than they would have been in the absence of pre-release piracy. By contrast, we do not see evidence of elevated sales displacement in US box office revenue following the adoption of BitTorrent, and we suggest that delayed legal availability of the content abroad may drive the losses to piracy.[/FONT][FONT=Myriad Roman, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif;][/FONT]
[FONT=Myriad Roman, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif;]Number of Pages in PDF File: 28[/FONT]
[FONT=Myriad Roman, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif;]Keywords: filesharing, piracy, information goods, box office, quasi-experiment[/FONT]
[FONT=Myriad Roman, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif;]JEL Classifications: L1, L8, O30, O34[/FONT]
[FONT=Myriad Roman, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif;]Working Paper Series[/FONT]
 
So Bill C-11 has been getting a lot of press as of recently:

http://www.vancouversun.com/enterta...p+crack+down+piracy+Canada/7613175/story.html

http://www.thestar.com/business/art...file-sharing-lawsuits-could-test-canadian-law

What do you guys think will become of this? Something? Nothing?

Anyone switching to VPN or torrent proxies because of this?

Thankfully Shaw doesn't give a ****. That said I still only use my private tracker with encrypted transmission + proxy server.
 
I guess I have to go back to encrypted nzb downloads.

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Isnt masking your ip illegal?

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