Canadian Recording Industry Goes After P2P Users

Posted by michael on Friday February 13, 2004 @05:43AM from the america-in-miniature dept.

Txiasaeia writes "Taking its cue from its American counterpart, the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) has begun the hunt for music file swappers. Unlike the RIAA, the CRIA are trying to find 29 (!) swappers only who use either Shaw, Telus, Rogers Cable, Bell Sympatico or Quebec's Videotron. Some companies like Shaw are openly opposing the request, whereas others, like Videotron, are pretty much planning on rolling over once the paperwork is done. Videotron customers beware: they say that they're 'actually delighted that the CRIA is doing what it's doing.' Arguments in the case begin on Monday in Toronto."

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Good. by ProtonMotiveForce · 2004-02-13 05:47 · Score: 2, Flamebait

I don't understand why nerds get so up in arms when people defend their intellectual property.

If people are breaking the law and sharing music then they deserve what happens. Yeah yeah yeah, they should make sure the person they're suing is the right one and they should be reasonable about the penalties. But they certainly don't have to just stand by and bend themselves over a barrel.
1. Re:Good. by ProtonMotiveForce · 2004-02-13 05:52 · Score: 0, Flamebait
  
  Agreed in the abstract.
  
  This law, however, is right. Here in these non-communist..well, I guess that doesn't apply to Canada. But still - when an artist and a studio puts time and effort into making art, they are the ones who decide what happens to it.
  
  Damn moochers.