Canadian movie camcording addressed with legislation

June 1st, 2007

“During Arnold Schwarzenegger’s visit to Ottawa yesterday, it was confirmed that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be introducing a bill to make camcording in movie theaters illegal in Canada. However, people are skeptical that this will make any difference in the amount of pirated movies available. Doug Frith, president of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association was quoted as saying, ‘is really the first step — not only for the movie industry — where the government has shown it will seriously address the whole area of intellectual-property theft…’” (Read full article here)

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