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The federal government has introduced a controversial bill that it says it balances the rights of copyright holders and consumers, but critics warn it opens millions of Canadians to huge lawsuits and will create a "police state."
The bill contains an anti-circumvention clause that will make it illegal to break digital locks on copyrighted material. That means TiVos and other personal video recorders (PVRs) will be made useless if television broadcasters choose to put technical locks on their shows so they can't be recorded.
People caught downloading music or video files illegally could also be sued for a maximum of $500, but uploading a file to a peer-to-peer network or YouTube could result in lawsuits of $20,000 per file.
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- When are they going to just realize they are never ever going to win this battle no matter how much ...