"The Canadian Federal Court has ruled that computer users who made music available on the Internet could not be sued. The recording industry said it would appeal the decision.
Justice Konrad von Finckenstein ruled yesterday that the Canadian Recording Industry Association did not prove there was copyright infringement by 29 so-called "music uploaders." He said downloading a song or making files available in shared directories, like those on the popular web site Kazaa, do not constitute copyright infringement under Canadian law. "No evidence was presented that the alleged infringers either distributed or authorised the reproduction of sound recordings," Justice von Finckenstein wrote in his 28-page ruling. "They merely placed personal copies into their shared directories which were accessible by other computer users via a P2P," or person-to-person, service. He compared the action to a photocopy machine in a library. "I cannot see a real difference between a library that places a photocopy machine in a room full of copyrighted material and a computer user that places a personal copy on a shared directory linked to a P2P service," he said." Link: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/01/1080544598902.html -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist." -- Archbishop Helder Camara
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