Criticism
In 2009, Canada's music sales went down by 7.4%, second only to Spain, according to a report released in April 28, 2010 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, reported by an organization that has interest in stopping peer 2 peer. The official synopsis said
Canada, practically the only government of a developed country not to have implemented international copyright treaties agreed over a decade ago, is a major source of the world's piracy problem. A disproportionate number of illegal sites are hosted on Canadian soil.In 2011, a report by an organization that has interest in stopping peer 2 peer, the International Intellectual Property Alliance said
Overall the piracy picture in Canada is at least as bleak as it was a year ago, and it is cementing its reputation as a haven where technologically sophisticated international piracy organizations can operate with virtual impunity.Academic research (such as a 2012 paper by Robert Hammond, an Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University) however has found direct causal links between music piracy and increases in music sales.
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