Want to download pop songs in MP3 format with impunity and without fear of prosecution? Move to Canada. The refuge for Vietnam War draft dodgers of the 1970s is now an asylum for intellectual-property pirates. A federal court judge in Canada this week ruled that swapping songs on the Internet for “personal use” does not violate copyright law or infringe on the rights of artists. “Downloading a song for personal use does not amount to infringement,” Justice Konrad von Finckenstein of the Federal Court of Canada declared in the decision released this week.
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Canadian Ruling on Song Swapping Sends Aftershocks
Posted by: Gene J. Koprowski April 2, 2004 09:13 AMWant to download pop songs in MP3 format with impunity and without fear of prosecution? Move to Canada. The refuge for Vietnam War draft dodgers of the 1970s is now an asylum for intellectual-property pirates. A federal court judge in Canada this week ruled that swapping songs on the Internet for “personal use” does not violate copyright law or infringe on the rights of artists. “Downloading a song for personal use does not amount to infringement,” Justice Konrad von Finckenstein of the Federal Court of Canada declared in the decision released this week.