So Why Did Canada Need A Special Extra Law For Camcording Movies? (original) (raw)

from the remind-us-again dept

Back during the big debate over the need for new laws against “camcording” a movie in Canada, Michael Geist pointed out that existing laws were already perfectly fine in dealing with the problem. Of course, despite all of that, the power of the movie industry lobbyists was too strong and the bill still became law. So, isn’t interesting to find out (via Geist again) that a recent arrest for camcording in a movie theater didn’t even happen under the new law, but under the old copyright law. So, once again, can someone explain why the MPAA needed that new law and why Canadian politicians agreed to it?