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Subject: CRIA (Canadian) to go after file sharers Author: Betty [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 12:41:33 02/15/04 Sun In reply to: Betty 's message, "RIAA & goofy laws." on 17:09:22 02/01/04 Sun Names sought in battle over internet song sharing Last Updated Sun, 15 Feb 2004 9:49:47 The Canadian Recording Industry Association will ask a judge to order the country's largest internet providers to disclose the identity of 29 people who share copyrighted music through music swapping networks such as Kazaa, Grokster and Morpheus. The Canadians in question are customers with at least five internet providers, including Telus, Rogers, Shaw Communications, Bell Sympatico and Videotron. The association announced in December that it planned to sue the 29 internet subscribers. It will seek a court order to find out their names at the Federal Court of Canada. "These are people who've been going on to what are called peer-to-peer services… that allow people to distribute illegal music on a widespread basis," said association lawyer Richard Pfohl. He said uploading, or making the songs available to others, means there are as many as five million people "at any given time" who can copy that file. "So we have, basically, massive copyright infringement on a scale that we've never known before." At least one of the providers, Calgary-based Shaw, will fight the order, arguing it violates federal privacy laws. Technology author Rick Broadhead said the court action by the recording industry in Canada comes as no surprise. The U.S. music industry has been going after internet users for some time for distributing copyrighted material. The Recording Industry Association of America has sued about 400 individuals in the U.S. for allowing others access to song files. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Canadian ISPs resist CRIA Betty 19:42:51 02/17/04 Tue Yay Canada! Court rules against record firms! -- Betty, 17:11:52 05/04/04 Tue