This provides a modern solution to promote the free flow of legal content in Canada, while making it harder for piracy sites to cause harm. –
It’s time to have an honest discussion about online piracy. Piracy has changed significantly since the days when someone would sneak into the movie theatres and secretly film. Today, piracy continues to proliferate in spite of legitimate innovative digital platforms and devices that help Canadians access content.
Despite everyone’s best hopes, innovation has not solved the problem of piracy or made it obsolete. Legitimate streaming services face the same challenges as traditional players with online piracy. In one estimate by Digital TV Research, piracy will cost legitimate streaming services $50 billion between 2016 and 2022 worldwide, hurting innovation in a big way.
Huffpost – The Blog – Feb 28, 2018.