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Bill C-4, the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act, received first reading on January 29, 2020, and received Royal Assent on March 13, 2020. The bill amended numerous other acts in order to fulfill Canada's obligations under the Canada-United-States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).
For a brief period in 2004/2005, the sharing of copyrighted music files via peer-to-peer online systems was explicitly legal, due to a decision by the Federal Court, in BMG Canada Inc. v. John Doe. [9] Under certain conditions both downloading and uploading were held to be legal.
The groups and individuals who operate piracy websites potentially earn millions of dollars from their efforts. This revenue can come from a number of sources, such as advertising, subscriptions, and the sale of content. [17] Piracy behavior demonstrated that economic theory explains a notable part of the individual variation in a survey study.
The advertisement was titled "Downloading Often Is Terrible", or "D.O.I.T". [15] The Greens–European Free Alliance, in association with Rafilm, released their own parody version of the film to oppose the media industry and government views on existing copyright laws, as well as to educate the public on alternative views about intellectual ...
The 2007 report showed that the Asia-Pacific region was associated with the highest amount of loss, in terms of U.S. dollars, with $14,090,000, followed by the European Union, with a loss of $12,383,000; the lowest amount of U.S. dollars was lost in the Middle East/Africa region, where $2,446,000 was documented.
Over a twelve-month period there were 2.4 billion reported downloads of copyrighted works including music, video games, software and films in Spain. Statistics for 2010 indicate that 30% of the Spanish population uses file-sharing websites, double the European average of 15%. [44]
The Biden administration has announced it will be setting a new ceiling on credit card late fees, a move that regulators predict could save Americans up to $10 billion a year.
In 2005 HBO began "poisoning" torrents of its show Rome, by providing bad chunks of data to clients. [31] In 2007 HBO sent cease and desist letters to the Internet Service Providers of BitTorrent users. Many users reported receiving letters from their ISP's that threatened to cut off their internet service if the alleged infringement continued ...