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Originally Posted by wpgflamesfan

Read an article about this issue in the Edmonton Journal today and they were saying how they wanna pass it but have no plans to enforce it.

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjourna...d-85818435f1cf

From the article:

OTTAWA - Consumers will be locked out of some digital content they have already paid for and face penalties up to $20,000 if they try to get around any digital lock to copy CDs or DVDs for themselves under Canada's proposed new copyright bill.

However, the federal government admits it won't be policing the proposed new rules and concedes it's unlikely most people would be penalized.

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Policing the proposed regulations would be the responsibility of the copyright holder, such as musicians who create the music.

"The person who owns the copyright has the legal right to pursue that consumer for up to $500. Now will they do it? It's pretty unlikely somebody is going to start a lawsuit to recover $500," Industry Minister Jim Prentice said.

"I don't think it's the responsibility of the government to police and enforce."