Piracy surely is theft, but the real crime is the gate-keeping of knowledge and its accessibility to the select few.
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In a recent submission to the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on International Trade for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Bell Canada has argued that new, stricter copyright rules should be put into place as part of the ongoing NAFTA renegotiation.
Piracy provides a way for people in extreme poverty or living under oppressive regimes to experience art that would be totally beyond their reach otherwise.
Three years and over a million Netflix customers later, Rogers and Shaw are trying to get into the online streaming game. Their new service, Shomi launches in November. It looks like Netflix without the red, provides similar programming, and will initially be available only to existing Rogers and Shaw customers for $8.99 a month.
