Uploading of copyrighted music OK in Canada!

2004-03-31 23:30:32

Check it out!

Uploading of copyrighted music OK in Canada!

Reply #1 – 2004-03-31 23:55:03

Kudos to justice Konrad von Finckenstein!

Konrad von Finckenstein???           

Sergio

Uploading of copyrighted music OK in Canada!

Reply #2 – 2004-03-31 23:59:58

This doesn't come as a surprise to me, as a Canadian.  As you may know, we pay a levy on mp3 players and blank cd/dvds to the recording industry.  as far as I'm concerned that legitimizes their use for copying music.  I'm a bit surprised that the judge didn't use that point as a justification, but whatever.  Just glad to hear we won't see a parade of university students, kids, and other economically marginalized groups paraded before the courts, as in the US!  *applauds*

Uploading of copyrighted music OK in Canada!

Reply #3 – 2004-04-01 18:27:44

the levy would probably not be a good argument because sharing is international, not just a matter of canadians sharing with canadians.

so the levy would be meaningless (well, not entirely) if people from a country that doesn't suffer such levies download from canadians.

Uploading of copyrighted music OK in Canada!

Reply #4 – 2004-04-01 18:53:22

Is this an April Fool's?

Uploading of copyrighted music OK in Canada!

Reply #5 – 2004-04-01 20:48:53

It's not an April Fool's. This is legitimate.

However, the distinction made isn't that uploading is legal. Having your audio collection available to third parties, and allowing them to access/download from it is. So long as you're not actively "pushing" the data on the other party, but rather are allowing remote access it seems legal. For a clear-cut example, Kazaa is legal. eMule is legal. Old-school Napster might be legal.

I am not a lawyer, nor is this legal advice, mind you. This is just my interpretation of what I've been able to gather from Slashdot, news sites, and so on.

Uploading of copyrighted music OK in Canada!

Reply #6 – 2004-04-01 21:10:04

That appears the correct interpretation, Canar.  So likely if you were somehow caught uploading to a ftp site, or over icq etc. this decision would not cover such a situation.

Uploading of copyrighted music OK in Canada!

Reply #7 – 2004-04-02 02:06:05

yeh, that's about right Canar... I was just trying to squeeze that into a headline

Uploading of copyrighted music OK in Canada!

Reply #8 – 2004-04-03 02:38:03

I'm personally very happy. It means that Canadian judges are seeing through all the RIAA's bullshit and are actually attempting to make Canada into a place that cares about personal freedom.

I'd own maybe a dozen CDs if I hadn't had a good source of file-sharing. At present, I own over a hundred. At the costs I spent on them, that's around $2000CDN or more. And almost every single purchase I can trace back to file-sharing.

I may be the exception, but I'm also proof that file-sharing can be used responsibly.

Uploading of copyrighted music OK in Canada!

Reply #9 – 2004-04-03 02:53:56

Same here. I started buying at least 4x as many cd's when I started playing with Napster those few years ago.

Still buy at least 1 per month.