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[serpico]

Downloading copyrighted music from peer-to-peer networks is legal in Canada, although uploading files is not, Canadian copyright regulators said yesterday.

In the same decision, the Copyright Board of Canada imposed a government fee of as much as $25 on iPod-like MP3 players, putting the devices in the same category as audio tapes and blank compact discs. The money collected from levies goes into a fund to pay musicians and songwriters for revenue lost from personal copying. Manufacturers are responsible for paying the fees and often pass the cost on to consumers.

The peer-to-peer component of the decision was prompted by questions from consumer and entertainment groups about ambiguous elements of Canadian law. Previously, most analysts had said uploading was illegal but that downloading for personal use might be allowed.

[cpt_azad]

sweet, now i ain't gotta worry, canada rocks :D :D :D !

[ThePlasticSurgeon]

I wouldn't mind paying an extra $25 for an MP3 player. But their levvy of 25¢ per CDR is too much.

[mikelite]

Originally posted by ThePlasticSurgeon@15 December 2003 - 19:22
I wouldn't mind paying an extra $25 for an MP3 player. But their levvy of 25¢ per CDR is too much.
Damn 25¢ for a cd that holds 15 songs+ in audio format and 150 songs in
mp3 is too much..? as aposed to ... fines? buying cd's at riaa prices?


That piece of carbon inherently found in your duodenum
has chrystalized.

:sadwalk:

[abu_has_the_power]

canada rocks man. i'm proud to be canadian. now, i just can't wait to move back there

[sparsely]

you're dumb.
uploading is still illegal, which makes it a pointless paradox.

[mikelite]

no, you're dumb.

[sparsely]

stunning comeback, sir.
I can't wait for the next reply.

[infamousalbo101]

Originally posted by Sparsely@24 December 2003 - 00:51
stunning comeback, sir.
I can't wait for the next reply.
:lol:

[Rip The Jacker]

Downloading is legal but uploading isn't? That is dumb, so you can download songs, but if someone downloads off you, your breaking the law???

[sparsely]

precisely :rolleyes:

[mikelite]

Originally posted by Sparsely@24 December 2003 - 04:51
stunning comeback, sir.
I can't wait for the next reply.
:newyear:
No, I mean it, you really are dumb.

[Xero Grid]

WOW.... I don't have to say a damn thing. Canada insults itself.
The people don't care who says what is legal or not. There's a way around anything.

stunning comeback, sir.
I can't wait for the next reply.
HAHAHA. Classic. Friggin classic
-- Xero Grid --

[kaza]

actually , there will be a software for moving files to another folder other than your klite shared folder once you finish downloading a file, your shared folder will be always empty.

[sparsely]

oh
they
are?!

they just think of everything don't they?!

gosh, I just cream for smart people :wub:

[Rip The Jacker]

Originally posted by kaza@26 December 2003 - 20:24
actually , there will be a software for moving files to another folder other than your klite shared folder once you finish downloading a file, your shared folder will be always empty.
You've got to be kidding me... :lol:

So everyone will use this software, and everyones shared folder will be empty, and no one will share anything, and you won't be able to download anything. In the end, everyone loses. :frusty:

[sparsely]

krackhead, where is your avatar?

[Rip The Jacker]

Originally posted by Sparsely@26 December 2003 - 23:54
krackhead, where is your avatar?
The Al Bundy one? I decided to change it, but I can't think of anything to put.

Or should I leave the Al Bundy avatar? :blink:

[BullWinkle]

In canada we can still upload music, they are not charging people who share music, instead they are making commercials and other advertisements to try and convince us that sharing is wrong. Maybe in another year or 2 they will start sueing people.

[W13]

Canada is great! B)

[mooseman2070]

if youve made it this ong downloading files illegally, whats wrong with uploading em? i mean canada must not be that superior to the ultimate ways of the US's ways of fighting crime, i.e. beating people with sticks

[mikelite]

Originally posted by BullWinkle@28 December 2003 - 20:52
In canada we can still upload music, they are not charging people who share music, instead they are making commercials and other advertisements to try and convince us that sharing is wrong. Maybe in another year or 2 they will start sueing people.
the canadian equivlent of the riaa scum suckers are wanting to do just that...
sue everyone as per the riaa - Canadians already pay levies on media
(cd-roms, tape cassettes, mp3 players) so in that way the artists are being
compensated. It's the distrubution of songs on the i-net that they want to
curb.

and i am not dumb. :P :guinesssmile:

[cpt_azad]

Originally posted by mikelite+28 December 2003 - 20:31--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mikelite @ 28 December 2003 - 20:31)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-BullWinkle@28 December 2003 - 20:52
In canada we can still upload music, they are not charging people who share music, instead they are making commercials and other advertisements to try and convince us that sharing is wrong. Maybe in another year or 2 they will start sueing people.
the canadian equivlent of the riaa scum suckers are wanting to do just that...
sue everyone as per the riaa - Canadians already pay levies on media
(cd-roms, tape cassettes, mp3 players) so in that way the artists are being
compensated. It&#39;s the distrubution of songs on the i-net that they want to
curb.

and i am not dumb. :P :guinesssmile: [/b][/quote]
couldn&#39;t have said it better myself :rolleyes: . oh, btw, stfu sparsely, it&#39;s not our fault that ur not canadian so stop bitching <_<

[orcutt989]

too bad we cant get something like taht down her in the old Us of A