Canadian P2P Ruling Challenged

ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
Big news was made months ago when Canadian courts ruled that peer to peer file sharing was not illegal, thereby blocking lawsuit attempts by the Canadian Recording Industry Association to sue file sharers. Not surprisingly, the Canadian recording industry is appealing that decision and asking a Federal court to reverse that judgement so that they may proceed with their lawsuits against copyright infringers.

Submitted by: Camman

Source: News.com

Comments

  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited July 2004
    Doesn't Canada charge a tax on all recordable media, so that copyright are compensated for any copyright infringement including that which could happen on peer to peer networks?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Yes they do.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited July 2004
    It seems to me then that the Canadian Recording Industry Association is out of luck. and should just shut up.
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited July 2004
    It's technically a "levy", not a tax, because it is collected by and for a non-government body. But it's pretty much the same as a tax. They also ding you a couple of bucks when you buy an iPod or other MP3 player with "non-removable memory."

    From the Copyright Board of Canada http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/news/interimcopy-e.html



    Levy

    3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the levy rates shall be
    (a) 29¢ for each audio cassette of 40 minutes or more in length;
    (b) 21¢ for each CD-R or CD-RW;
    (c) 77¢ for each CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio or MiniDisc;
    (d) for non-removable memory permanently embedded in a
    digital audio recorder, $2 for each recorder that can record no
    more than 1 Gigabyte (Gb) of data, $15 for each recorder that
    can record more than 1 Gb and no more than 10 Gbs of data,
    and $25 for each recorder that can record more than 10 Gbs of
    data.


    They do waive the levies for religious organizations, broadcasters, law enforcement agencies, courts, tribunals, court reporters, provincial ministers of education and members of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, music and advertising industries. This waiver applies to all blank audio media except CD-Rs and CD-RWs.

    As for this appeal....ya, they should just shut up.... :Canflag:

    Dexter...
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