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26% of Canadians access pirated content, new report shows

News | 05/30/2018 6:16 pm EDT
A section of a new government-commissioned report on Canadian internet users and piracy, released in May 2018./ Screenshot via Library and Archives Canada.

A government-commissioned report is shedding light on the extent of copyright infringement in Canada, with data showing about a quarter of online Canadians consume infringing content, and 10 per cent report having received notice-and-notice letters — which led about a quarter to stop infringing activity.

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