Fiat money gold and silver coins from France. Eventually, the Governor of New France acknowledged their useful role as a circulating medium of exchange. As the finances of the French government deteriorated because of European wars, it reduced its financial support for its colonies, so the colonial authorities in Canada relied more and more on card money. By 1757, the government had discontinued all payments in coin and payments were made in paper instead. In an application of Gresham’s Law – bad money drives out good – people hoarded gold and silver, and used paper money instead. The costs of the war
Good Copy Bad Copy film was eventually released for free on the internet as a BitTorrent download. The filmmakers hope that releasing "Good Copy Bad Copy" for free will raise awareness and lead to other local broadcasting networks to show the documentary. The documentary first appeared on The Pirate Bay and then it was officially released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license on the Blip.tv video sharing site. On 8 May 2008, "Good Copy Bad Copy" was shown on SVT2, Swedish Television. On 8 September 2009, "Good Copy Bad Copy" was shown on YLE FST5, Finnish Television. On 5 January 2010, "Good Copy Bad