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The CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings, states that torrent piracy in Canada has gone down by 50% since the establishment of Netflix three years ago, although no research or statistics have been able to support his claim. Hastings claims that piracy helps "create a demand" for legal ways to watch video through the internet. Is this true?

Canada has a political party called the Pirate Party which has existed since 2009, in which exists to attempt and loosen the laws regarding copyright and the movement of content. 

This article thoroughly explains Bill C-11, Canada's revised Copyright Act, and lays it out in more simplified terms with relation to a wide spectrum of IP.

The expansion of Kopimism, a religion formed from the recognition of file sharing as a virtue. There is an extreme adoration for the greatness of file sharing and many people have changed their lives to dedicate themselves to the idea of free flowing information online.

This article summarizes the history of Canadian fair dealing and explains the transition from fair dealing to fair use from three different scholars' perspectives. It also includes case-based examples, such as Access Copyright's legal action against York University.

This article is about a firm called Canipre, which is the only anti-piracy enforcement firm that provides forensic services to copyright holders in Canada. The firm has been monitoring Canadian users' downloading for several months from Ontario-based internet provider, Teksavvy.

Vancouver artist, Samantha Ravndahl is accusing hip-hop star, Lil' Kim of stealing her photo and using it to promote and profit her new album, Dead Girl Walking. First posted on Ravndahl's personal Instagram account, the stolen image is of Ravndahl wearing an original zombie makeup design. A coincidentally identical image was later found on Lil' Kim's new album cover, with Lil Kim's name and copyright notice on the image. Their dispute on copyright and intellectual property rights has yet to be resolved.

As much as we think that interviewers are trying to pull information from us, they are also delivering us interviewees with a wealth of information. Martin discusses, briefly in this article, that the majority of the information and interviewer delivers you with is at the beginning, either directly or indirectly. Therefore, it is vital to be extremely attentive and listen as much as, or more than you plan to speak. Key takeaways: Interviewing is a cultivated skill that not everyone has at the beginning of their job-hunting career. The presence of non-verbal communication is also something that is learned through experience and cannot necessarily be taught.