Putting Canadian Piracy in Perspective 188
An anonymous reader writes "Over the past year Slashdot has pointed to many industry claims and governmental pressure over Canada piracy issues. Canadian law prof Michael Geist has produced Putting Canadian 'Piracy' in Perspective, a video that demonstrates how the claims are hugely exaggerated. For example, it shows how despite the MPAA's claim of movie piracy, Canada was the industry's fastest growing market last year. Similarly, while the recording industry says Canada is the world's top P2P country, the data shows that the Canadian music industry is experiencing record gains and that most of the decline from the major labels is due to retail pricing pressures."
Yarr! Eh? (Score:0, Funny)
So ... in other words ... (Score:5, Funny)
That's a huge surprise.
Canada . . (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Tell that to Sam the Record Man (Score:4, Funny)
Obligatory... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It's time to buyr Sam and move on (Score:2, Funny)
RIAA/MPAA maths prove Canada's "mass piracy"... (Score:5, Funny)
1. Population of the USA: 295,734,134 (July 2005 est. (CIA World Factbook)).
2. Population of Canada: 32,805,041 (July 2005 est. (CIA World Factbook)).
3. Ratio of Canadians to Americans: 1:9.015.
Therefore, according to standard RIAA/MPAA accounting practices, every act of Canadian piracy equates to over 9 acts of American piracy.
Now you know why they're so damned worried about Canadian file sharing...
Powerpoint Alert (Score:3, Funny)