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CRIA Admits P2P Downloading Legal in Canada

Posted by Zonk on from the maybe-they-fell-asleep-at-the-wheel dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Michael Geist is reporting that the Canadian Recording Industry Association — the Canadian equivalent of the RIAA — this week filed documents in Canadian court that seeks to kill the expansion of the levy on blank media to iPods since it fears that the system now legalizes peer-to-peer downloading of music in Canada. CRIA's President Graham Henderson argued in his affidavit that a recent decision from the Copyright Board of Canada 'broadens the scope of the private copying exception to avoid making illegal file sharers liable for infringement.'"

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  1. Get Your Money's Worth by sqrt(2) · · Score: 5, Funny

    To our dear neighbors to the North, since your government seems to think it's OK to just assume you're all breaking the law anyway, and charge you accordingly with the extra price on blank media, you might as well do your best to get what you're paying for. Fill those torrent queues with music, movies, and games you already paid for with this levy!

    Also, if you don't mind, keep seeding when you're done ;)

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  2. I agree with him. by Jafafa+Hots · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hate it when its perfectly legal to do illegal things.

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  3. You are no longer a Pirate by Nymz · · Score: 3, Funny

    You are now an undocumented copier.