what money?..

Wholeheartedly Agree with Microsoft.

I now fear comment retribution..

actually it says: "Comments are owned by Poster."

"Poster" is capitalized, so i assume it is a proper noun.

Whoever "Poster" is.. He owns a lot of words. :)

or the government would start subsidizing imports to feed the masses their delicious carbs

SUCCESS!

Go Canada!

people retain the right to vote for political parties while being objectively ignorant.

they will fight for this right.

considering the size

more likely crytozoologists

if places like best buy charged the "laptop user muggles" a premium for upgrading, im sure they would bite

yeah, hopefully.

its kinda sad that before laptops can get to a point where they're just as upgradeable as pc's, we have to get to the point where theres too many discarded ones.

I thought when UPNP came round, this shit wouldnt be a problem anymore.. i was pretty wrong.

kudos to the first country to adapt a voluntary collective licensing system as a tax.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Collective_Licensing

20 bucks a year per capita = no more damn bs

I'd second that. Though aspects of Canada's laws are 'slightly' outdated. For example the tariff on cd's - i seldom use cd's for much other than burning a copy of a linux distro.

Canada's on the right track though.

Now, if they put the tariff on ipods/mp3 players/media enabled phones it might work better with the times. People wont appreciate the cost though.

combine this with milgram experiment teaching style!

zapped if you learn, Zapped if you don't!

apparently in Canada, the Streisand effect can now be called the Bubble Effect.

Thanks Officer Bubbles!

im just enjoying the comments rolling onto the facebook page every 7 seconds!

i dont really care about this mess.. though the publisher's attitude kinda bugged me