From: "John Beamish" 

Duh ... that's cause the screeners (busily being processed in China) aren't
in French.  But the camcorded movies (notice -- though not in this
particular article -- that many references were being made to a Cineplex in
Montreal) have limited distribution and appeal.  They are, however, easy to
identify:  the sound track is so often a foreign language (well,
"foreign" to Americans ... hmm, well, English is too, sometimes).

Anyway, the real reason is that Bush-lite (Stephen Harper) has an agenda
that makes this (incredibly minute) part of the piracy industry an
appealing target.  Bev Oda (I went to school with a Bev Oda and she's the
right age but her bio doesn't mention growing up in Lorne Park or Clarkson,
Ontario) is somewhat challenged as a Minister and seems to take advice from
lobbyists and industry flunkies.  If you ever hang out on Boing Boing
you'll see stories about her making an ass of herself every month or so.

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On Wed, 09 May 2007 23:33:55 -0400, Rich Gauszka
 wrote:

> Go Canada go
>
> http://www.syfyportal.com/news423614.html
>
> If you live in Canada, you will not be able to see previews of the
> upcoming
> "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and
"Ocean's Thirteen."
> With potential summer blockbusters poised to premier, Warner Bros. plans
> to
> cancel all preview screenings of its movies in Canada, in an attempt to
> clamp down on "rampant" film piracy.
>

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