European and Canadian P2P Users Beware
NYT: "International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said Tuesday that action had been taken in Germany, Denmark, Italy and Canada [against 247 people for illegally swapping music online]." [via]
Update via cnews: "File swappers in Canada can rest easy for the moment after a Federal Court ruling Wednesday said uploading music files into shared folders on peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa is legal.
Justice Konrad von Finckenstein's decision throws a wrench into plans by the music industry to sue people who share songs over the Internet. Unlike similar cases in the United States, he said the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) didn't prove there was copyright infringement by 29 so-called music uploaders."
Back in December, it was reported that Canada deemed P2P downloading legal, although uploading files was not.
see: BMG Canada Inc. v. Doe
Update via cnews: "File swappers in Canada can rest easy for the moment after a Federal Court ruling Wednesday said uploading music files into shared folders on peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa is legal.
Justice Konrad von Finckenstein's decision throws a wrench into plans by the music industry to sue people who share songs over the Internet. Unlike similar cases in the United States, he said the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) didn't prove there was copyright infringement by 29 so-called music uploaders."
Back in December, it was reported that Canada deemed P2P downloading legal, although uploading files was not.
see: BMG Canada Inc. v. Doe
