piracy is a crime

Canada Law Articles in English - (July 10, 2009)

Ensuring Protection Of Intellectual Property Rights — Canadian Intellectual Property Council Calls For Reforms

Mr Barry Sookman - McCarthy Tétrault LLP

... It then outlines a number of areas in which Canada's IPR regime lags In particular, it notes that counterfeiting and piracy go unchecked in Canada, costing the ......to bring it up Those recommendations are: Enact legislation that implements the WIPO Internet Enact legislation that will make both counterfeiting and piracy criminal offences and attract stiffer penalties. ...

Canada Law Articles in English - (June 19, 2002)

Taking On The Copyright Pirates In Thailand

Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd.

... attention in Thailand than the issue of piracy of copyrighted works. Primary attention is ...... Literally every week, there is a press release or media report about actions taken by local and international industry groups to combat the piracy epidemic in Thailand. Among the most active ...

Canada Law Articles in English - (April 24, 2002)

Taking on the Copyright Pirates in Thailand

Mr Edward Kelly - Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd.

... attention in Thailand than the issue of piracy of copyrighted works. Primary attention is ...... Literally every week, there is a press release or media report about actions taken by local and international industry groups to combat the piracy epidemic in Thailand. Among the most active ...

Canada Law Articles in English - (October 25, 2004)

Developments In Technology - Oct 2004

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

...right Office Intorduces New Induce Act Federal Courts Propose Rules For E-Discovery Ontario Proposes Amendments To Consumer E-Commerce Regulations Schwarzenegger Discards Privacy Bills NET Piracy Still Under California To Post ...

Winnipeg Free Press - April 23, 2009

Have Your Say:

Re: Canadian, U.S. ships chase down pirates (April 20). Cmdr. Chris Davies, of NATO's maritime headquarters in England, who reportedly "said the pirates cannot be prosecuted under Canadian law because they did not attack Canadian citizens or interests and the crime was not committed on Canadian territory," has either not read or not understood subsection 74(2) of our Criminal Code: "every one who commits piracy while in or out of Canada is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to impriso...

Winnipeg Free Press - November 19, 2008

Editorial - to Stop Piracy

Barring more determination than this, it seems that Somali pirates can continue to operate with impunity. There is nothing romantic about these criminals. Even they regard their crimes with a certain pragmatism -- they are, they say, exacting "taxes," not extorting ransoms from ship owners. It's a posture as old as piracy, and it leaves shipping nations and naval powers with an equally old choice -- pay the taxes, or sweep the pirates from the Somali seas.

Supreme Court of Canada - June 27, 2008

Bolduc v. Attorney General of Quebec et al., [1982] 1 S.C.R. 573 (1982)

... The essence of the crime in the case at bar is conspiracy to effect ......es as follows: In principle, therefore, a crime committed abroad is not punishable in Canada. A ...... Thus, in the case of piracy under s. 75: 75. (1) Every one commits piracy ...

Supreme Court of Canada - June 27, 2008

Bergstrom v. The Queen, [1981] 1 S.C.R. 539 (1981)

... The expression "assisting in rape" was descriptive of participation in rape and could exclude, and in its use in the Criminal Code was intended to exclude, the crime of rape whether committed by one acting as ...

Supreme Court of Canada - April 10, 2008

Rowe v. The King, [1951] S.C.R. 713 (1951)

... Section 260 as amended in 1947 reads as follows:- In case of treason and the other offences against the King's authority and person mentioned in Part II, piracy and offences deemed to be piracy, escape or ...