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IIPA equating open source with piracy is among their most outrageous positions, previously discussed in this thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1148079

Recall that in February IIPA requested that Canada be placed on the 301 watchlist as well: http://www.zeropaid.com/news/88127/iipa-demands-canada-be-pu...




That seems like an unwise gambit for them. People are probably willing to believe whatever you tell them about Indonesia, but Canada's generally well-liked, and considered an orderly first-world country (if anything, the stereotype is of this absurdly polite and well-behaved place), so there's a decent risk of losing credibility from being too hyperbolic about Canada as some sort of hotbed of lawlessness.




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