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| DATE | 2004-04-01 |
| FROM | Michael Richardson
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] FW: [fairuse-talk] Court ruling in Canada says music file swappin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Jairam [mailto:ryan-at-jairam.us]
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:32 PM
> To: fairuse-talk-at-nyfairuse.org
> Subject: [fairuse-talk] Court ruling in Canada says music file swapping
> is legal
>
> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040401/
> MUSIC0111/TPNational/Canada
>
> And as usual, the wording of the article portrays the recording industry
> as "innocent victims".
>
> "The music industry's fight against illegal file sharing suffered a
> major setback yesterday when a Federal Court judge ruled that swapping
> songs on the Internet for personal use does not break the law.
>
> "Downloading a song for personal use does not amount to infringement,"
> Mr. Justice Konrad von Finckenstein of the Federal Court of Canada wrote
> in his decision. "I cannot see a real difference between a library that
> places a photocopy machine in a room full of copyrighted material and a
> computer user that places a personal copy on a shared directory.""
>
> Ryan Jairam
> ryan-at-jairam.us
>
>
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