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September 03, 2003

Tuned In To What?

This article details how Canada has made it illegal to pickup American satellite broadcasts. No, I'm not talking about MIL-SAT1 here, either. This is commercial entertainment services like DirecTV.

Excerpt:

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are actually actively engaged in raiding satellite television shops, seizing DirecTV satellite equipment, and hanging onto it for months before finally levying charges of “conspiracy to sell and distribute American satellite systems.”

It’s a scenario that would impress 1984’s Big Brother, but it does little for the cultural freedom and independence of Canadian citizens, 83 percent of whom say they want good quality programming available regardless of where it comes from, and 64 percent of whom say they think there should be no restrictions on access to non-Canadian channels.

Now what amazes me is not the 64 percent of Canadians who are against access restrictions; no, it's the remaining 36 percent who apparently think this type of censorship is okay! Unbelievable. This nation must be anxious for the comfort of the chains.

Update:
Nevermind. I forgot about Quebec. No further explanaion is necessary for that troublesome 36 percent.

Posted by crandal at September 3, 2003 08:16 PM