The Canadian equivalent of the Recording Industry Association of America has signaled that it might follow the U.S. model of launching lawsuits against individuals accused of illegal music trading, which the Canadian Recording Industry Association blames for CAN$425 million in lost sales annually. Although the Canadian Copyright Board last week confirmed the legality of downloading music tracks from peer-to-peer networks for personal use, the board also pointed out that uploading music files is still illegal.
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Canadian Recording Industry Hunts P2P Users
Posted by: Jay Lyman December 17, 2003 02:42 PMThe Canadian equivalent of the Recording Industry Association of America has signaled that it might follow the U.S. model of launching lawsuits against individuals accused of illegal music trading, which the Canadian Recording Industry Association blames for CAN$425 million in lost sales annually. Although the Canadian Copyright Board last week confirmed the legality of downloading music tracks from peer-to-peer networks for personal use, the board also pointed out that uploading music files is still illegal.