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Is Canada Considering A Three Strikes And You're Off The Internet Policy?

Posted on May 12, 2008

With the entertainment industry actively pushing for laws that would require ISPs to kick users off the internet for file sharing, using a three strikes policy, Michael Geist is wondering if they've quietly succeeded in Canada. Apparently a French newspaper is reporting that Canadian ISPs are negotiating such a policy already, though there have been no such public statements. Given how secretive the industry and the government have been about new copyright laws, perhaps this isn't too surprising. We do know that the industry was pushing for greater ISP liability as part of copyright law c...

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