Within the context of our work, it is obvious that we look at legislation from other countries. We always do this when we develop policies. We make comparisons with other laws when they are relevant to the issues we are dealing with.
It is important to point out that under the current Copyright Act, a rights holder can take civil action when a film has been copied in a movie theatre. And that is already provided for in our legislation. Intent does not even have to be proven. As soon as a film has been copied, it can lead to civil litigation. A rights holder can ask the court for an injunction and to receive damages. Further, Canada's Copyright Act also contains the notion of pre-established damages, which means that a rights holder can choose to launch a court action and ask for statutory damages, which would entitle him to receive over $500 for each copy made in a movie theatre without having to justify the damages.
This already exists in law. But, as you said, I recognize that, as far as launching a criminal suit is concerned, the court must be convinced that there was criminal intent to allow the case to go forward. We are examining that situation.