Sponsors of the controversial act say its needed to shut down Websites trafficking in billions of dollars in pirated material. Opponents, including Google, say legitimate sites might be punished
Canada's software piracy rate decreased three percentage points from 36 per cent to 33 per cent in 2005, falling below the worldwide piracy rate, which remained stable at 35 per cent, according to the Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft (CAAST) and the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
In a Decima Research Inc. survey, 42 per cent of respondents said their companies never outlined corporate policies regarding software downloads, installations and using unlicensed apps on workplace PCs.