Copyright lobby in Canada pushing for SOPA North

[Alpha Crucis Radio]

TORONTO, Canada (ACRN) - If the SOPA/PIPA battle were  bad enough, the copyright lobby in Canada is now pushing for "SOPA North", a Canadian SOPA with all the bad elements of the now-dead SOPA and PIPA in America.

The Canadian Chammber of Commerce has realeased a dcoument, outlining its policy recommendations, and this does include a Canadian version of SOPA, based on analysis from Canadian commentator Michael Geist. The document is much like the White Paper that was put out by IP Czar in the United States in 2011. This led to the US bills SOPA, PIPA, and the Conmercial Felony Streaming Act (CFSA), all of which have been put on hold, becuase of public outcry against them.

It is unclear how a Canadian SOPA would effect the rest of the world. SOPA and PIPA in the USA would have affected the world, becuase much of the Internet is US-based, and the "secondary liability" would be enforceable. IN short, the secondary liability, in Canada, could not be enforced on US companies they followed the DMCA takedown procedures. Canadian law does not apply to the likes of YouTube, Google, Justin TV, and many other web sites, which are based in the United States.

Web blocking could also be easily be circumvented by using wireless providers in the USA. Much of the Canadian population lives close enough to the US border, where connections could easily be established with wireless providers on the other wide of the border.