http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/13/bu...partner=GOOGLEQuote:
Downloading copyrighted music from peer-to-peer networks is legal in Canada
This is strange.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/13/bu...partner=GOOGLEQuote:
Downloading copyrighted music from peer-to-peer networks is legal in Canada
This is strange.
why not most of it's stolen from american companies....j/k
hehe, my respect for Canada just greatly increased ;)
If only it was the same down here. *sighs* :p
it basically is the same down here. The government isnt' going after the small time person that downloads a few songs. They want the people that are uploading them. It technically is illegal, but they aven't enforced it very much.
Canada kicks ass. I just wish it wasn't a canadian country.
Music should be phree.
It really isn't worth the while of the government, RIAA or whoever to go after people who download the odd pirated song over p2p, in the same way as some UK police forces don't bother arresting people found in possession of small amounts of cannabis. The cost to the government (and therefore the taxpayer) of tracking down these people and collecting sufficient evidence for a successful prosecution just isn't worth it, especially when there are more serious crimes (e.g. street muggings) to be dealt with. File sharers don't hurt anyone, except the pockets of record company directors, so they're not exactly public enemy number one.
However, try to make money from uploading pirated music and the authorities will be after you pretty damn quickly, if only to ensure that the record companies continue to fund the government's next election campaign.
really, no matter how you look at it the people are always going to find a way around the laws. they obviously did when music sharing started, because at the time if you checked the laws it was actually never stated that ONLINE sharing was illegal. people will always find a way around the laws, and so i really think that even if big sharing software gets beaten, like kazaa and morpheus, that new ones will come up, just with slightly different ways of sharing, so that they can bypass the laws.
indeed music should be free "flogthebishop" but i disagree with canada kicks ass because it doesnt
I think most people could leave aside national remarks. They lack all relevance regarding this particular discussion.
pwaring made a good point here. Just as a note :)
Your just bitter over us kicking you ass in 1812 ;)Quote:
Originally posted here by LarryKingSux
indeed music should be free "flogthebishop" but i disagree with canada kicks ass because it doesnt
http://www.galafilm.com/1812/e/backg...kevietnam.html
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Originally posted here by Deimos326
really, no matter how you look at it the people are always going to find a way around the laws. they obviously did when music sharing started, because at the time if you checked the laws it was actually never stated that ONLINE sharing was illegal. people will always find a way around the laws, and so i really think that even if big sharing software gets beaten, like kazaa and morpheus, that new ones will come up, just with slightly different ways of sharing, so that they can bypass the laws.
Online sharing has always been illegal, and people haven't found ways around the laws, they've just found ways to avoid being caught. Just because you switched to using Kazaa over Napster doesn't mean that what you were doing became legal because of some loophole in the law, it just meant that it was almost impossible for the record companies to stop you because there were no central servers to shutdown.
If you download and/or redistribute copyrighted material (and we're not just talking about music here) when you don't have permission to, then you are, by definition, in breach of copyright. New software won't bypass the laws, it will just make it more difficult for you to get caught.
Whoohoo, I love Canada! Us and our no RIAA! :-D
What would "uploading" mean? If I download music from Kazaa, and it downloads to my Unerror.com webroot, would that be considered legal? Or would it be uploading?
*Proud of be Canada for a sec then return back to want to separe from Canada again*
P.S. I'm from Quebec :)
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/16...inemusic031216
Jumpin the gun i guess, should be interesting how they justify the steep "tax" on cdrs and the recent levy on mp3 players , should be a VERY tough time for the plaintiff.
No RIAA, but you have the Canadian Recording Industry Association... which is now targeting Canadians!Quote:
Originally posted here by MicroBurn
Whoohoo, I love Canada! Us and our no RIAA! :-D
What would "uploading" mean? If I download music from Kazaa, and it downloads to my Unerror.com webroot, would that be considered legal? Or would it be uploading?
Don't belive me? Click the link below and read.
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/16...inemusic031216
And we were considering moving to Canada... ;) LoL
I still am... my gf has family there and she wants to go. :( I LOVE the US! I don't want to go!
Ah, lumpy. I didn't think anyone had posted this. Suppose I should reread the whole thread before posting...
BTW: Micro... if people DL it from your server, that would be called uploading. If you have it there for your personal use and nobody downloads it.. then it wouldn't be uploading.