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CRIA Prepares To Sue P2P Copyright Violators

Posted by timothy on from the cold-up-there dept.

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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  1. Great........ by vwjeff · · Score: 1, Funny

    Knock me out now and wake me when this is all over. Thanks.

  2. That's it, I'm moving to Canada! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Er, wait, they are doing something I *don't* like this time? That's hardly fair.

    1. Re:That's it, I'm moving to Canada! by Seek_1 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well you could just come to Canada and be a leech. That's still perfectly legal.

  3. Re:Hmm... by Geek+of+Tech · · Score: 5, Funny
    >> Pretty much all pop distributed in the states is distributed here too.

    I'm sorry. I didn't know you had it that bad up there.

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  4. Re:yes.... by mini+me · · Score: 3, Funny

    The problem is the radio. They play the same songs so often that there is no need to buy the CD.

    I remember years ago, you'd be hard pressed to catch even the hits you want to hear. Now turn on the radio and there it is, right for your listening pleasure. So why would I bother buying the CD? Why even bother downloading it?

  5. Wait a damn minute.... by TheWhaleShark · · Score: 2, Funny

    So...*I* can't copy MY media that *I* legally purchased, but I CAN copy YOUR media that *I* did NOT legally purchase?

    My head hurts just thinking about that.

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  6. Re:Hmm... by RobinH · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> Pretty much all pop distributed in the states is distributed here too.

    I'm sorry. I didn't know you had it that bad up there.

    It's gotten better since you took Celine Dion off our hands... can't thank you enough for that one!

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  7. Re:Should taxpayers pay for this? by cfuse · · Score: 2, Funny
    When my car is stolen, when my house is broken into the police says "sorry, no resources" to catch them... Should taxpayers really pay police, FBI, etc. for playing collection agent for the RIA?

    Ha! You only voted to get your preferred political candidate into office. They paid. Guess who gets the silver service.

  8. Re:music should be freely shared. by cfuse · · Score: 2, Funny
    In days of yore, musicians made money by putting on shows, performing at the shows, etc.

    Now we get Christina Aguilera dressed like a cheap street whore working her poochie on MTV on tape loop - ever get the feeling that the human race is regressing.

  9. Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many Canadian artists are there anyway? Five? And Celine Dion is selling perfume these days not music so that brings the number down to four.

  10. Re:yes.... by mini+me · · Score: 5, Funny

    Impossible. They play it so often that by the time they quit playing it, you never want to hear it again.