Jason Dunn
04-01-2004, 06:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.mytelus.com/music/article.do?pageID=home&articleID=1563050' target='_blank'>http://www.mytelus.com/music/article.do?pageID=home&articleID=1563050</a><br /><br /></div>"In what analysts are calling a "stunning" decision, the Federal Court has ruled against a motion which would have allowed the music industry to begin suing individuals who make music available online. <br />Justice Konrad von Finckenstein ruled Wednesday that the Canadian Recording Industry Association did not prove there was copyright infringement by 29 so-called music uploaders. <br /><br />Without the names, CRIA can't begin filing lawsuits against the alleged high-volume music traders, identified only as John and Jane Does. It also reaffirms what the Copyright Board of Canada has already ruled - downloading music in this country is not illegal."<br /><br />This surprises me a bit - Canadian laws are usually in step with US laws, although we tend to be a bit more European and liberal with some of them. Thankfully, we don't have anything as heavy-handed as the DCMA in Canada. I do wish that the only online service that we have access to, <a href="http://www.puretracks.com">Puretracks</a>, had a bigger music catalogue.