• Canadian House of Commons Employees Downloading Illegal Content

    by  • January 11, 2012 • Security • 0 Comments

    According to the activist group, The Pirate Party of Canada, House of Commons employees are downloading illegal content before Canada’s bill C-11, the strict copyright protection legislation comes into effect.

    The party used youhavedownloaded.com a site that scrapes torrent sites for IP addresses to find addresses owned by the House of Commons.

    When you work in such a high profile, public place, even if your network administrators turn a blind eye to what you do, chances are that someone out there won’t.   Smarten up people.

    Further reading can be found here:

    Canadian Officials Downloading Illegal Content – SC Magazine

    Copyright Infringement in Canadian Parliament – Pirate Party of Canada

    Piracy in the House of Commons – Pirate Party of Canada

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