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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. 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.

  2. 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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  3. 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.