>A blow against the attempted murricanization of Canada
>
>In Canada... this is the law!
>
>Online music swapping legal: court
>Last Updated Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:24:32 EST
>TORONTO - Individuals who share personal copies of music files on the
>internet are safe after a Federal Court rejected a motion on Wednesday that
>would have allowed the music industry to sue them.
>Justice Konrad von Finckenstein said the Canadian Recording Industry
>Association hadn't shown copyright infringement by 29 people who had allowed
>their music files to be uploaded.
>Making files available in online, shared directories is within the bounds of
>Canadian copyright law, von Finckenstein ruled.
>"No evidence was presented that the alleged infringers either distributed or
>authorized the reproduction of sound recordings," von Finckenstein wrote in
>his 28-page ruling. "They merely placed personal copies into their shared
>directories which were accessible by other computer users via a P2P
>service."
><p The Canadian Recording Industry Association last month asked the judge to
>order the country's largest internet providers to release the names of 29
>people who share copyrighted music through music swapping networks such as
>Kazaa, Grokster and Morpheus.
>The music industry wants to shut down internet file sharing of music,
>blaming it for plummeting sales of compact discs.
>Last year, the recording industry in the United States began going after
>people who share music online.
>The Recording Industry Association of America has sued about 400 individuals
>in the U.S. for allowing others access to song files. Several people have
>settled out of court for about $3,000 US each.
>On Tuesday, the recording industry sent warning letters or filed charges
>against 247 people in Denmark, Germany, Italy and Canada.
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