CRIA Files Appeal In Canadian Uploading Case

Cowards Anonymous writes "Not a big surprise really, according to this article, the Canadian Recording Industry Association has filed an appeal of last month's court decision that said ISPs couldn't be forced to reveal the identities of file uploaders. The CRIA argues that current copyright law doesn't allow Canadians to download and freely copy songs from the internet. They claim that the judge in last month's ruling '... made serious and reviewable errors of law, made overriding and palpable errors in his assessment of the factual record before him, and, in the end, purported to exercise his discretion on improper and irrelevant bases, and in a manner of excess of his jurisdiction.' Meanwhile, Heritage Minister Helene Scherrer wants the federal govt. to ratify a couple of international treaties that protect the ownership of copyrighted materials. If signed they would give the CRIA's case more legal weight."