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Canadian ISP to Name Music Swappers
Daemon writes "The Globe and Mail reports that Videotron, a Canadian ISP, will not be fighting the request to turn over the names of music swappers to the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). According to a lawyer for Videotron, producing the identities of Internet users alleged of wrongdoing happens so regularly that they believe that it is justifiable to hand over the names of people who share large volumes of songs on-line. The five Internet service providers named in the case -- Shaw Communications, Rogers Cable Communications, Bell Canada, Telus Communications and Videotron -- can't divulge the information without a court order because privacy legislation requires them to keep customer information sealed."
Uh-oh, looks like we're not safe in Canada anymore
I name and shame Philip and Terence
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
If nobody mentions at least one quote from Canadian Bacon in reaction to this I think I'm gonna plotz.
"Boomer: There's a time to think, and a time to act. And this, gentlemen, is no time to think. "
Okay, good. Whew. Plotz avoided, carry on Eh?
I have to agree, I just don't see how any of this could and would hold up in Canadian courts considering the protections in place for consumers. But then, that's just my opinion.
"Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important." (Lisa Hoffman)
Ah, yes. Terrorism and pedophilia.
Two boogeymans to allow any kind of invasion of privacy.
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well, clearly neither the tax on blank media nor lawsuits galore are doing a sufficient job of protecting the artists.. I think its time to pull out all the stops:
Encase the artists in a solid block of lucite and store them in a secure warehouse.
Think about it. Lucite offers a good level of protection to recording artists like Bryan Adams, Celine Dion and Avril Levine, shielding them from pirates, pigeons and the corrosive effects of oxygen. Also Lucite is clear which means they can still be viewed and photographed, which I believe is their strongest skillset.
Now there are those that say "how will they record music when they are encased in a solid block of lucite?" Thats the beauty of this plan: They've already recorded their music. More of the same is simply redundant, and the world is spared the 'come-back' album where they croon the greatest hits of Frank Sinatra, but with a moog synth and a drum machine backing track.
I do believe this is the only plan that will really be a 100% effective way to protect the artists.
Starsucks
Is there really any Canadian music WORTH pirating? Let's be honest here Canada :)
And then there was E
Better delete all my illegal Anne Murray and Paul Anka MP3s.