March 31st, 2004
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| A reader, not an expert | | Join Date: January 11th, 2003 Location: Canada
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So true.
Here's my favourite part of Judge Finckenstein's ruling Quote: |
[27] As far as authorization is concerned, the case of CCH Canada Ltd v. Law Society of Canada, 2004 SCC 13, established that setting up the facilities that allow copying does not amount to authorizing infringement. 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 linked to a P2P service. In either case the preconditions to copying and infringement are set up but the element of authorization is missing.
| Canadians were allowed to download music before, but now looks like people who have put personal copies in their shared folders are also protected by this ruling! |
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