Re the legality of downloading copyright material, it looks like it's OK to download but not upload in Canada. Apparently several years ago we put a tax on CD's so that downloads were 'paid for' just like radio broadcasts.

http://techcentralstation.com/081803C.html

more details here

http://grep.law.harvard.edu/article....33&mode=thread

Needless to say, this law is untested as far as I know, and could well change, just as it has in Europe and elsewhere.