Can. Heritage ministry suppressed report damning DMCA

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Can. Heritage ministry suppressed report damning DMCA         

The Ottawa Citizen runs a new column of mine that reports on an unreleased recent Canadian Heritage commissioned study on the economic impact of the copyright industries. The study, obtained under an access to information request, is damaging to Heritage's own positions as it contradicts many of their claims on copyright matters.

For example, it finds that Canada leads the US in "copyright industry" growth despite the abscence of DMCA-style legislation. Moreover, contrary to claims that the music industry has been declining, it finds that the industry in Canada has experienced steady growth since 1999 (which it seeks to downplay by cautioning that "the findings should be treated with caution").

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