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Tina Fey As Sarah Palin On SNL

by baseman on Sep.14, 2008, under Culture

Can you find anyone else better than Tina Fey? or you just don’t care? American election just way much fun than Canadian one…. well, sort of …

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Someone “punched” Oasis in Toronto

by baseman on Sep.09, 2008, under Music

Not exactly, but… damn!

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Becareful your down(up)loadings!

by baseman on Jun.12, 2008, under Dayz

A new Canadian copyright bill (“the Canadian DMCA“) will be reviewed today, if this bill been proved … watch out!

The federal government has introduced a controversial bill it says balances the rights of copyright holders and consumers — but it opens millions of Canadians to huge lawsuits, prompting one critic to warn it will create a “police state.”

and the charges are:

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.

Trust me, to monitor your Internet activities is the most easy job for your ISP …

Read the original post from CBC

You could send a letter to your MP from here (if it is not toooooo late)

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Canadian border guards to check iPods for infringment

by baseman on May.28, 2008, under Dayz

WTF!!! What am I going to do??? 8

The federal government is secretly negotiating an agreement to revamp international copyright laws which could make the information on Canadian iPods, laptop computers or other personal electronic devices illegal and greatly increase the difficulty of travelling with such devices. The deal would create a international regulator that could turn border guards and other public security personnel into copyright police. The security officials would be charged with checking laptops, iPods and even cellular phones for content that “infringes” on copyright laws, such as ripped CDs and movies.

Original post canada.com via boingboing

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