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A law that has been put in place by the Harper Government now allows internet service providers (ISPs) to track our online use and notify individual users when they are doing something illegal.

I use this site for my blog to keep track of the geographic location of my viewers as well as how many views I get on a certain day to see how successful my posts seem to be. 

This article found in the Globe and Mail discusses internet content piracy in both Canada and the US. It also discusses the actions being taken to help stop this issue.The consequences in the US are mostly court based whereas in Canada they are technology based and social change based. To find these intellectual property thieves, companies are using anti- piracy firms to track down people who illegally downloading off the internet. These initiatives are part of a larger plan to change the Canadian mindset about downloading illegally, if people understand consequences can occur at random they will be more hesitant to commit online theft.

Becoming popular on the internet usually doesn't happen overnight. Being able to monitor your reach is essential to understanding what you are doing right and wrong with your online medium. Twitonomy is one of the many analytic applications for Twitter. It tracks tweets, retweets, interactions, clicks, follower growth, et cetera.