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CRIA Faces $60 Billion Lawsuit

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the turn-about-is-fair-play dept.

jvillain writes "The Canadian Recording Industry Association faces a lawsuit for 60 billion dollars over willful infringement. These numbers may sound outrageous, yet they are based on the same rules that led the recording industry to claim a single file sharer is liable for millions in damages. Since these exact same companies are currently in the middle of trying to force the Canadian government to bring in a DMCA for Canada, it will be interesting to see how they try to spin this."

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  1. Re:Irony by selven · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's like Microsoft and software patents: they'll find a way to bullshit their way through with their self-contradictory needs.

  2. Re:CRIA will never get nailed for this by roman_mir · · Score: 0, Troll

    as a Libertarian at heart I could vote that way, but in my riding there were none.

    Given a choice between liberals, ndp, conservatives and green, I had no choice but to go conservative. I don't care how much I am moded as a troll, I vote Conservative, that's my choice goddamit and the haters can suck it.

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    You can't handle the truth.