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To Whom it may Concern,
The recent move to revive the "FairPlay" legislation, now titled " Consultation on a Modern Copyright Framework for Online Intermediaries" is disappointing.
The data has shown, time and time again, that Canadians do not consume pirated media at higher rates than elsewhere in the world, as shown in the 2017 Music Canada report linked below. The 2017 MUSO report also submitted indicates 1.88 billion visits to piracy websites per year – a ranking that puts it 8th in the world. When the "piracy demand ranking" was examined, Canada fell further to 16th worldwide.
As Canada doesn't have a large piracy problem, actions such as these pose great threat to our net neutrality and online freedom, while leaving a large amount of power in the hands of the CRTC, who is an unelected body. The CRTC has been shown to make decisions in favour of the telecommunication industry rather than the people of Canada, who are overpaying for internet and cellphone coverage compared to every other developed country in the world.
Since Canadians do not consume pirated media at higher rates, aggressive actions like this one, or the similar bill proposed in the UK, do nothing but erode at our freedom to access online information. As shown by the attempt of the UK, blocking and verifying websites that host pirated content is a monumental task on a global scale, and one that I am not prepared to hand over to a organization I have no faith in. One of the primary listed goals is to safeguard indivdual rights and freedoms, but I do not believe that an open ended proposal such as this is a good thing for online freedoms.