Canada Immune From RIAA?

Nick McKay writes "Tech Central Station is carrying a story on how Canadians are legally allowed to copy music not only in the home environment, but also on P2P networks such as Kazaa."

I'm moving!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm moving!

Canada Owns

[loginx]

Har Har Har... Told ya!

Re:Canada != US

[clonebarkins]

Being that the last letter in RIAA stands for "America", I would hope that all nations outside of the US are immune.

Right, just like Iraq is immune from American military forces.

Welcome!

[Jucius Maximus]

I, for one, welcome our new...

Wait a sec, I am Canadian. Never mind.

Hmm...

[kurosawdust]

Universal health care? Check.
Lax marijuana laws? Check.
Can marry another man if for some reason I was feeling saucey? Check.
and now freedom to share music?

Are they accepting applications??

Sing it with me now!

[Pxtl]

Ohhhhhhh CAAAANAADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Our home and native land!!!!

w00t!

Son of a..

[TheTomcat]

Hey Nick McKay and Tech Central Station: SHUT UP.

This was one of our best kept secrets..

Thanks for waving the proverbial red cape in front of the raging bull (RIAA).

S

From the land that gave you Zap Rowsdower

[thedogcow]

That obsure reference from an MST3K episode alone, discounts Canada on so many levels.

Re:Hmm...

[Frag-A-Muffin]

Universal health care? Check.
Lax marijuana laws? Check.
Can marry another man if for some reason I was feeling saucey? Check.
and now freedom to share music?

Are they accepting applications??


Applications? Just show up to the border with a beer in your hand (preferrably a Canadian brand) and tell'em you here to watch the hockey game! Presto! You're in!

GO LEAFS GO!

RIAA weighing their options...

[product byproduct]

"So, how much would it cost to buy this land called 'Canada'?"

Re:a penny a megabyte?

[Anonymous Coward]

okay, lets try to do some math correctly

1 GB = 1024 MB not 1000MB

this means that it would be $1228.80 not $1200

Re:I love my country...

[norweigiantroll]

Yes, I saw a good documentary (also by Michael Moore) on Canada called "Canadian Bacon." It really opened my eyes and made me realize how evil our neighbor to the north really is. I'm sure glad I live in the USA, home of the free!

Re:Sing it with me now!

[kisielk]

Funny, I don't seem to recall the line after "Our home and native land" being "w00t". Is this some new modernized version for the internet generation?

"Glorious and free....ph33r 0ur m4d p2p skillz!"

Re:And in other astounding news...

[cybermace5]

If it's not at the center, it's got to be pretty close considering that Earth itself is at the center of the known universe.

Re:Hmm...

[Anonymous Coward]

Universal health care? Check.
Lax marijuana laws? Check.
Can marry another man if for some reason I was feeling saucey? Check.
and now freedom to share music?
Are they accepting applications??

Just show up at the border and claim to be a refugee.

It will take a year before your first hearing, during which time you get welfare & free health care. When your bogus claim is rejected, appeal. When your bogus appeal is rejected, appeal again to the courts. Appeal again to the court of appeal.

Then file an appeal on compassionate grounds since you've been living in Canada for the last 5 years and have become integrated into Canadian society.

So, it will take at least 5 years to kick you out, and who knows, an idiot judge might believe your ridiculous story.

In other News...

[mrwonka]

Co-Location Hosting in Canada up 500%.

Re:underage stealing

[gsfprez]

for the hairy smelly putrid ass kissing dog licking dirt sucking shit eating grinning hole in the head turd flipping inbread hippo humping kentucky fried love of God....

its copyright infringment - it is not stealing, damnit. the SCOTUS has made that clearer than the hole in your head.

You forgot....

[Astin]

- Booze and TOTALLY NAKED women in our strip clubs
- Toronto (much like NYC I think) allows women to walk around topless (not that any do, but the possibility is there)
- Casinos popping up all over the place
- An increasingly larger separation of Church and State (hence the allowed gay marriages)
- Better beer
- Cheaper CDs, DVDs, computer hardware, software, and just about any other form of entertainment
- Cheaper medicine

Of course, a lot of this is paid for with much higher taxes, user fees, levies, and the fact we all live in igloos and have to hunt baby seals once the snow starts in August.

Re:Hmm...

[mblase]

I don't know how diffiacult it is or about their acceptaince ratios, but if you got an education it should not be that hard.

Judging from your mastery of English, I'd say you have an uphill battle.

Re:Canada-Runs!

[mdielmann]

Yep, Canada is socialist. Love it or hate it, that's what we are. But fascist? Come now. There are four points to define fascism [google.com]. We have the option to remove our dictator every 3 to 5 years; I have to agree with the stringent socioeconomic controls; we don't use (much) terror, and I haven't heard of any censorship :) ; and we're generally considered one of the more polite nations (probably something to do with a zillion square miles of land and about a dozen ships in our military fleet).

Now stop calling us fascist or we'll stop letting you buy our beer!

Re:Business Opportunity

[NickFitz]

Furthermore, Canada's Head of State is H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, who is notorious for the huge cache of files she hosts on the Buckingham Palace server farm. She also has off-site backup facilities at Windsor Castle, Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House.

Unfortunately, all the music is by Handel or Walton, and the porn is by Rubens.

Re:Hmm...

[steve-qc]

Maitriser l'anglais??? Ici ce n'est vraiment pas necessaire... Vive le Quebec!!! ;-)

You mean the RIAAA

[Sabu mark]

As in The RIAA, Eh?

(Sorry)

Re:You forgot....

[_xeno_]

Hmm... for some reason you reminded me of The Register [theregister.co.uk]'s little Canadian-themed word puzzle. The idea is that you change one letter from the word above to form a new word and you have to meet the word at the end. The puzzle:

S E A L
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
C O A T

And now, for their answer:

--
===
--

S E A L
C L U B
C L U B
C L U B
C O A T

As I recall, they got a lot of flack for that. (I suppose I should mention that there is a way to do it "properly," by changing one letter.)

Re:Thomas Jefferson Quote

[SuiteSisterMary]

See, that's funny, because Canada (is possibly the only country to?) already fought off an American invasion of conquest.

Re:Weed!

[Citizen of Earth]

Canada seems to be a lot better in other ways too. Just watch "Bowling for Columbine"...

Woe betide he who does not take Michael Moore with a huge rock of salt!

Re:Hmm...

[Neil Watson]

Quoting history from the website of a beer company. Nothing like enforcing the Canadian stereotype.

Re:Welcome!

[SatanicPuppy]

We, of the United States, think Canada sucks because you have better health care, lower crime, and legal file sharing. If you're government embraces open source, we'll have to consider the nuclear option.

Just a warning. =P

The tipoff

[scruffyMark]

Notice the last word in his posting was "eh"

You call *that* beer?

[Limited Vision]

Q: What do American beer and having sex in a canoe have in common?

A: Both are fucking close to water.

Re:Canada-Runs!

[MaryAlice]

I guess it'll give more mileage to South Park's "Blame Canada!" song...

It does seem somewhat ironic. This might be a time when the RIAA would like plenty of copies of that song [lyricsxp.com] being distributed.

Re:Hmm...

[Man In Black]

only if you like being freezing all the time, eh?

Dude, when we said summers in Winnipeg commonly hit 40 degrees, we didn't mean fahrenheit!!

Re:Canada did not decide to enter the WWII

[xcham]

I think the topic has been flogged to death above, but yes, Canada autonomously entered the war. William Lyon Mackenzie King (our prime minister at the time) chose to step into it. He also talked to his dog for political advice and was convinced he was being contacted by the spirit of his long-dead mother. ... I am Canadian, by the way.