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Posted by michael (30% noise) View
Mashiki writes “In Canada, we can download Mp3’s and their assorted goodness without too much of a hassle, recently the CRIA and their friends lost the court case. Well, it would appear that the new Federal Heritage Minister Helene Scherre, has spoken and those words were: ‘As minister of Canadian Heritage, I will, as quickly as possible, make changes to our copyright law.’”
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WTF???? - by mark-t (Score: 2) Thread
FTA:
Justice Konrad von Finckenstein ruled that the Canadian Recording Industry Association didn’t prove file-sharing constituted copyright violation - and artists and producers have no legal right to sue those who swap files without paying.
Okay… copyright means that the author has the absolutely exclusive _rights_ to copy the work and others can only obtain _permission_ to copy the work by authorization from the copyright holder. Fair use, btw, is granted permission by the copyright act and the copyright holder has no choice but to implicitly grant that permission.
So in what world is putting a file that you do _NOT_ own the copyright on, and have not actually obtained permission from the copyright holder to copy for purposes beyond fair use, in a publicly shared folder for others to obtain _not_ a violation of the copyright act?
Downloading copyrighted materials may be perfectly legal in Canada (albeit unethical IMO, since one is aiding another in violating copyright), but it makes no sense to even _BEGIN_ to tolerate uploading whenever and wherever you can positively ascertain that it is occurring.
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Gee… - by The Master Control P (Score: 3, Interesting) Thread
I wonder what she means by “Fix” when talking to the recording industry. I have a feeling that it would coincide perfectly with “break” to everyone else.
The real criminals don’t break laws; They write them.
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Malcolm has the right idea - by silvaran (Score: 5, Interesting) Thread
Fair enough. Some people download music, some people don’t. But consider his quote:
“I think it’s a challenge for the industry, to try and find a new way to survive.”
This lends creedence to many a /.‘ers comment that the music industry is holding onto a failing business. We don’t need them anymore. Despite being wrapped up in the industry by being the winner of a [cheap knock-off] American Idol* contest, he sees the Industry’s role as “a new way to survive,” as opposed to some criminal challenge that they must overcome.
My hats off to him, especially given his previous quote, “Whether people download or not, as long as they’re listening to music.”
* Yes, I’m a Canadian. Paul Martin has yet to earn my respect.
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If you’re in Canada (like me) reminder her… - by barc0001 (Score: 5, Interesting) Thread
That a federal election isn’t that far off… And slogans like “Helene Scherre wants to put your kids in prison” look great on T-shirts and the news…
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CDR Tax - by Alternate Interior (Score: 4, Funny) Thread
So does that mean the CD-R Tax disappears?
/not canadian
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