Well, sure, piracy is a huge issue. It's an issue not only in Canada but also right around the world. What piracy does is defeat the economics of production and distribution. When people are stealing product, they're not paying for it, and the suppliers, the producers, the studios, the technicians, all of us suffer—the performers, the writers, everyone. People need to be paid for the work they perform, and that goes all the way down the line. Piracy is a huge issue, and whatever actions can be taken to combat piracy in the film industry are welcome.
We should take a lesson from the music industry, which was slow in picking up and providing an alternative to downloading. They put in iTunes, finally. Similarly in audiovisual production there should be a legitimate alternative at a good price point so that the pirates—well, it's not just pirates—the citizens who see the option of downloading an illegal, bad copy of a film will prefer the alternative on iTunes or Maple Pictures and buy a legitimate copy at a reasonable price, but a good-quality product.