Where Politics And Video Games Collide

Canadian IP law is much stricter then the US, its just that when it comes to software piracy, there are certain rules that negate strict enforcement of it. Not only that, but ask any informed canadian and they will tell you that they cannot stand it when US organizations push US ideas into an imcompatible canadian system. They did it with the MPAA, the RIAA and now the ESA. Whats bloody annoying is that each time in the past few years that these organizations have attempted to get Canada to jump ship, they did it by paying off politicians, sending fake legal threats and harrassing regular folks in places they have no jurisdiction to.

Also of note is the 100s of times its been misproven that canadian piracy is any worse then that of the US, only difference is its harder for US corporations to force legal action against canadian citizens (which is exactly the way it bloody should be). The MPAA got screwed 2 years ago when they made bogus claims that canada produced over 50% of all movie pirates, when infact, it was later shown that over 2/3 of pirated movies on sites like ISOhunt and Thepiratebay are from US Screeners...

Infact, someone tell the ESA to check their sales figures for canada, and they will see that Canada had its biggest year in videogame sales in 2007, and has been on a steady incline, where as many markets are beginning to cool.