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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 5 minutes ago* (last edited 3 minutes ago)

Treason

(2) Every one commits treason who, in Canada,

(a) uses force or violence for the purpose of overthrowing the government of Canada or a province;

(b) without lawful authority, communicates or makes available to an agent of a state other than Canada, military or scientific information or any sketch, plan, model, article, note or document of a military or scientific character that he knows or ought to know may be used by that state for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or defence of Canada;

( c) conspires with any person to commit high treason or to do anything mentioned in paragraph (a);

(d) forms an intention to do anything that is high treason or that is mentioned in paragraph (a) and manifests that intention by an overt act; or

(e) conspires with any person to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) or forms an intention to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) and manifests that intention by an overt act.


Basically, the US government would atually have to use force to overthrow the government, and we would have to be able to prove in court that Elon participated in those actions.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 48 minutes ago

Immigration lawyer Gabriela Ramo says that under Canadian law, someone's citizenship can only be revoked if it can be proven that they committed fraud or misrepresentation to obtain it.

"Before they could move to do this, they would need to introduce legislation, there would have to be amendments to the current Citizenship Act," said Ramo, former chair of the Canadian Bar Association's immigration section. "There's no provision that would allow them to pursue revocation of citizenship of a Canadian birth, by virtue of his birth to a Canadian mother."

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 53 minutes ago

The annual equity cheques aren't too shabby, either.

They also created a website that told the guy he was eligible, no caveats.

Whereas stripping him of his citizenship would accomplish nothing at all.

The petition is purely symbolic

I don't think people have really thought through what is symbolic of.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"We don't have time to put people on trial" is not a take I'm prepared to get behind.

And even if it were...how would revoking his citizenship change any of what you just described?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I'm pretty sure the portion of the Act that site refers to was repealed in 2017.

Canadian citizens who (are alleged to) have committed treason should be tried under to Canadian law, and there's no reason to invent loopholes to avoid having to put someone on trial.

It'll be interesting to see if they start licensing Discovery, Picard, and Lower Decks to other streamers in the future.

I assume Prodigy will belong exclusively to Netflix for the foreseeable future.

 

This isn't quite related to Star Trek, but...maybe it will be soon?

The U.S. distributor also has a sharp focus on selling premium drama into second windows. The push is focused on the Paramount+ originals, which have their exclusive moment in the sun on the streaming platform and Paramount+ branded blocks around the world, before coming to market, after a holdback, in the second window.

The buzzed upcoming NCIS spin-off Tony & Ziva is a good example, as are existing shows like Tulsa King and Lioness.

“We are looking at second windows, that’s part of our message coming into London,” Kramer says. “People have been talking about second windows for some time. I think the difference now is we have started selling second windows on our so-called premium series.”

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe illegally revoking the citizenship of people we don't like is a bad thing?

The sort of thing they want to do?

Things have changed so much since 2005, it's incredibly difficult to create a bona fide cultural phenomenon. And even if you can, sustaining it is a whole 'nother ball game.

I guess I don't really know what level of popularity is realistic...or even desirable.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The most recent season seemed perfectly average to me.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Pretty much. There's a strong argument that "eliminating barriers" may be synonymous with "deregulation," which...could go badly.

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