Conference Board of Canada Ignores Research

The Conference Board of Canada, which apparently holds itself out to be non-partisan, non-lobbying, and independent, has ignored some research it commissioned, research that contradicts the findings in its recent report. The report sides with recent corporate interests and stances in the U.S. by stating:

"The Conference Board report calls Canada 'the file-swapping capital of the world' and calls for strict new copyright legislation as well as new power for border guards to deal with counterfeit and pirated goods."

So far the Board has been accused of plagiarism, and has been asked to withdraw its report.

However, the Board admits:

"According to the Conference Board, the report was funded by the Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network, the Canadian Intellectual Property Council, the Copyright Collective of Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation as well as other lobby groups who are pushing for stronger Canadian copyright legislation."

This is a really interesting area of the law developing in Canada - it appears to be one of those cases where the "researcher" ignores evidence that is against the researcher's own position. It seems to be that step-by-step U.S. corporate interests will have their way in Canada.

http://www.canada.com/Business/Independent+study+fuels+debate+copyright+report/1632787/story.html