CRIA Prepares To Sue P2P Copyright Violators

ergo98 writes "The Canadian version of the RIAA, the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association), has begun laying the PR groundwork for an initiative similar to that pursued by the RIAA in the US - threatening to file lawsuits against individual file sharers (specifically uploaders). They claim that CD sales have dropped by 23 per cent since 1999, attributing that drop to P2P, and apparently it isn't enough that the Canadian music industry gets a hefty presume-you-are-a-criminal levy attached on various devices and media." Many readers also point to the Globe and Mail's version of the story. dsanfte writes "They will apparently only be targetting uploaders, because in the Copyright Board's judgement, P2P downloading is legal under Canadian law."

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The real acronym of the CRIA and WMD

[MoFoQ]

Cocky Retarded Imbreed A**holes.

Man....wait until the Canadian courts say that you can't have downloading without someone uploading; it's like saying it's legal to read but illegal to write, they are one in another...u can't have one without the other. And besides, Canadian artists are pre-emptively compensated on "future *possible*" losses with all the high taxes in their favor. Too bad they don't have a clue that they can't "have their cake and eat it too."

And besides.....P2P isn't the only reason why sales are slumping......(just the same reason why I can't blame P2P for my slumping gpa). Bad economy, high prices, taxes, and sh*tty products are the main reasons. Hell...who in their right mind buy a WMD; a Whiff of Massive Dog-doodoo?

Re:Of course you're 16

[Overly Critical Guy]

Wow, you accept legal definitions when it comes to cable theft, but not MP3 downloading. What a surprise.