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Proposed Canadian Laws to Nix P2P Music Sharing

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-artists-who-want-you-to-download-for-free? dept.

limber writes "During this past weekend's Juno awards (a vapid Canadian music industry shindig) Canadian Heritage Minister Liza Frulla brought up proposed new legislation that would make downloading music on the Internet without paying for it illegal. High (or low) lights of the legislation include: forcing 'ISPs to monitor individual customer Internet connections for suspicious activity,' and giving the music industry and songwriters 'the tools to sue' illegal downloaders. Frulla further noted she 'wanted to persuade children that downloading music for free is wrong.'

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  1. Fine by unleashedgamers · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess I'll have to steal from the store! (Its not as bad if i get caught)

  2. Music Levy Repel by 9mm+Censor · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Ok, so if its going to become illegal to download music and let the record industy sue people, is the tax on media going to be repeled?

  3. As opposed to the many vapid american shindigs by MerlynEmrys67 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When will these groups stop giving awards for bad music to artists that sell out so their fans can't even access their music if the artist wants to let them

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  4. Downloading to yourself by sfcat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What happens if you are copying music you have bought to yourself (say from home to work), or music that is "opensource" (i.e. smaller bands than encourage mp3 distributions). Does this law allow loopholes for these circumstances? If Canadian politicans are anything like American ones, there will be a script that autosues file traders even if the file is only named after a song (and doesn't actually contain the music, i.e. song lyrics).

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    1. Re:Downloading to yourself by RM6f9 · · Score: 3, Interesting

      "auto-sues" - Thanks for the laugh. (It's so tragic, it's funny)

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  5. Innovation massivelly stifled by jamienk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    * Connect 2 iPods with a Firewire chord -- iShare

    * IMDB links -- "download now!"

    * On-demand TV, for real, any TV show ever made

    * Level playing field for musical artists -- disincentivize massive investment in ad campaigns, encourage band competition through P2P blogsphere

    * Encourage competition in the following fields:

    - Attribution.com -- tries to authoritatively attribute chain of creative credit for original/derived work...

    - Who can sell "IP" at the lowest price? Can the USA compete with China? 1cent books, anyone?

    - What are TRUE value adds when "IP" is (almost) free? e.g., purchased CD comes with concert tickets; $500 purchase buys you a free Bar Mitzva concert...

    etc... More to come...

  6. Sounds like... by breon.halling · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...Juno awards (a vapid Canadian music industry shindig)...

    Sounds like someone didn't get nominated!

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  7. No DMCA, soo... by boingyzain · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The DMCA was shot down in Canada so this is just another pathetic attempt to fight fair use. I have no doubt that this bill will fail just like the rest.

    Canada has a lot more liberals than the US, and many less politicians who are swayed by corporate interests. Very little chance Canada will ever have a "real" anti-freedom law like the DMCA or like this one.

    Its a wonder why I still live in the US.