Thanks to a reaction from an alert reader Thudmeizer, who found out that file sharing is now legal in Canada. We did some checking and sure enough CRIA pronounced "creea" just took it in the shorts big time.
But the judge denied that request. In a far-ranging decision, the court further found that both downloading music and putting it in a shared folder available to other people online appeared to be legal in Canada. "This has certainly stalled (the record industry's) current round of litigation, and ... thrown into doubt whether there is infringement at all," said Michael Geist, a University of Ottawa law professor who closely follows Canadian copyright issues. The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), which brought the case, said it did not agree with the judge's ruling. |
They sited the case against photocopiers as a precedent for allowing the copying of a file. Get the full scoop here at MSNBC!
Source: MSNBC
