Canadian ISP to Name Music Swappers

Posted by Zonk on Friday April 22, 2005 @02:13AM from the i-wish-my-isp-had-a-cool-name dept.

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."

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i betcha if i was the former prime minister... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-22 02:25 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I figure that if the former Prime Minister of Canada can walk away from a sponsorship scandal unscathed, I should be able to download a few songs without penalty.

Okay okay, I know that nothing has been resolved regarding the sponsorship scandal, but you get my point.