Comments on: Hollywood bans Canada

By: Honestly Canadian

Honestly Canadian — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:22:01 +0000

This message is for READER’S WRITE.

I am Canadian, and after reading article after article and then your comments afterwards I just have one thing to say. YOU ROCK!

Is it that we are not (yet) under the US’s thumb or the 51st state yet, that the RIAA and MPAA feel they need to make Canadians look like the worst criminals in human history? Don’t they see we are a peace loving country that believes in peaceKEEPING, not peaceMAKING. Besides, we get ripped off royally for anything we buy. Especially anything electronic, including DVDs and CDs.

Now that the Canadian dollar is on par with the US dollar, the G.W. Harper government is scrambling to come up with reasons why we pay so much. We even have some kind of SPECIAL TAX on our blank optical media because we are such supposed pirates!!!! LOL

I salute you READER’S WRITE and I really hope you get a chance to read this comment.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:12:58 +0000

This camcorder stuff is all just one big smokescreen anyways, they want to draw all of our attention away from the real deal, which is them trying to screw us all over with an Canadian DMCA and forcing their Anti-Circumvention and American made WIPO laws down our throats. This Camcorder legislation is just one of many anti-consumer things they will try to push on us. They want to get their first anti-consumer based bought and paid for law in the Canadian lawbooks, and once thats done, they will have their foot in the door finally, and many many more draconian laws will follow shortly thereafter.

Nevermind the fact that camcording in a theatre for motive of profit and distribution is already illegal. They just wanna make you guilty until proven innocent.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:05:17 +0000

Yeah, Ironic how Hollywood says it wont pre-screen movies anymore, and how Canada is such a piracy haven, yet they always come here to film their movies just to save a few bucks. Maybe Hollywood should be banned from further filming American movies in Canada until they get their heads out of their asses regarding trying to blame us for crappy camera rips that nobody really cares about downloading. Honestly I’m sick of seeing movies filmed in Canada but portrayed as American locations.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 09 May 2007 01:01:25 +0000

“Mel Gibson’s Icon company sued a Hollywood post-production house for the unwanted online appearance of his Passion movie.”

This just proves that Mel Gibson only made The Passion of the Christ for the money. Anyone who says that he did it because of his devout Christian faith apparently does not know about this lawsuit. If Mel truly did it for Christianity, he would only care about making enough box office money to pay back expenses, and care more about converting non-believers. Who’s to say that this lawsuit didn’t surface long after the Passion was out and making its millions? And even if it DID surface before the theatrical release, Mel should have been encouraging the movie’s distribution instead of thwarting it if he really cared more about the message than the money. I’m sure that he man had other ways to pay for the movie if it was indeed a flop.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 09 May 2007 00:24:12 +0000

Let the local filmmakers release more movies.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 09 May 2007 00:24:02 +0000

Let the local filmmakers release more movies.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:36:45 +0000

sorry for my spelling, was in a hurry.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:35:48 +0000

I wonder what the real issue is?

Is it:
– Canadia politicians need more excuses to invoke the law the studio want (and most likely have paid for)

– Are Canadian critics (I assume they would be at the advanced screenings) harder on the movies than their American counter parts?

– Is there some cost savings benifiet to them to to not screen in Canada?

Hell, Arena’s ban cameras/video recorders etc. I assume theaters can as well, and throw you out for having one…. and it’s already illegal to record a movie and make money off of it.

INAL: But my best guess is the ‘copyright’ cartel are doing everyhing they can to get one law on the books in Canada, where they do not have to actually prove the ‘criminal’ made any money. So once ‘for profit’ is no longer a requirement and the fines are high enough, they have a foot in the door to add t to other laws.

I’m also sure they will continue their attempt to whittle away the whole burdon of proof ‘thuing’ that has kept them from suing in Canada…so far anyway.

They will not be happy untill they no longer have to prove anything. They make accusations and the acused has no option but to pay them, that’s how they want it and to me that’s extortion, pure and simple.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 08 May 2007 14:19:35 +0000

If they eventually stop releasing movies in Canada it’ll just ensure that 100% of all American movies will be bootleg. Once people get a taste of DRM free first run movies on their home theater they won’t want to go back to the olden days. I also think these people will demand better quality now that HDTV is begining to gain steam. Street vendors will step up to the plate and fix that too.

Money that would have been wasted in theaters will be spent in back alleys buying pirated movies.