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Canadian House of Commons Employees Downloading Illegal Content

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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