I hate to agree with muskyboii, but if it’s true the content is already blocked for canadian users, they have zero jurisdiction over this. No one government can decide what is generally allowed on the internet
This is because most countries have compatible copyright laws, so if something violates copyright in America, it probably violates copyright in most of the world.
(The fact that most countries have copied America’s absurd extensions to copyright terms is a huge problem of its own, but it’s a problem with how legislators and governments have operated in setting the laws & treaties locally, and not with the actual application of the law.)
I hate to agree with muskyboii, but if it’s true the content is already blocked for canadian users, they have zero jurisdiction over this. No one government can decide what is generally allowed on the internet
And yet DMCA takedowns effect people globally all the time
This is because most countries have compatible copyright laws, so if something violates copyright in America, it probably violates copyright in most of the world.
(The fact that most countries have copied America’s absurd extensions to copyright terms is a huge problem of its own, but it’s a problem with how legislators and governments have operated in setting the laws & treaties locally, and not with the actual application of the law.)
The DMCA is the US arm of the international WIPO.
The international cooperation is in place because, as I said, no one government has sole jurisdiction.