Candadians Not Affected By The Riaa

**cpt_azad** · 10-12-2003, 01:19 AM

i read this in the province newspaper, it said that canadians cannot be prosecuted by the RIAA

. in canada, the laws are totally different, here, it applies that copying is okay (not plagarism) but trading is not. let me put it in stupidified form:
if u download music or anything else for that matter from someone, ur basically copying a file from them, not taking the file, so that means that we canadians can't get sued, bcuz we're copying files, not trading. Trading in filesharing terms in Canada means that u burn something on a cd and give it to someone or burn cds and sell them, that is illegal here, but downloading shit aint! i'm so happy today

. i talked to telus (my adsl provider), they told me that this law is infact true. they knew i was happy, so they warned me not to exceed my bandwidth

. but then again, i wish canada could be a little bit like america, gun laws here are to strict, i wanted an airsoft for my birthday, but i gotta be 19 plus sign a bunch of forms and pay fees

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**Shareef** · 10-12-2003, 01:27 AM

you live in vancouver???
so the means shaw wont be phoning me ???

**cpt_azad** · 10-12-2003, 01:30 AM

yup, unless u exceed ur bandwidth. happened to once, had to pay 50 extra bucks

**abu_has_the_power** · 10-12-2003, 02:56 AM

u know if this applies to toronto?

**wormless** · 10-12-2003, 03:01 AM

alberta cus my bro is there?

**slammy_dunken** · 10-12-2003, 03:06 AM

Originally posted by wormless@11 October 2003 - 21:01
alberta cus my bro is there?

I live there too.

**Spindulik** · 10-12-2003, 03:47 AM

Duh! Recording Industry Association of America!

It is not RIAC

**Shareef** · 10-12-2003, 03:57 AM

wat was ur highest speed on telus ???

**james_bond_rulez** · 10-12-2003, 04:00 AM

Originally posted by cpt_azad@12 October 2003 - 01:19
i read this in the province newspaper, it said that canadians cannot be prosecuted by the RIAA . in canada, the laws are totally different, here, it applies that copying is okay (not plagarism) but trading is not. let me put it in stupidified form:
if u download music or anything else for that matter from someone, ur basically copying a file from them, not taking the file, so that means that we canadians can't get sued, bcuz we're copying files, not trading. Trading in filesharing terms in Canada means that u burn something on a cd and give it to someone or burn cds and sell them, that is illegal here, but downloading shit aint! i'm so happy today . i talked to telus (my adsl provider), they told me that this law is infact true. they knew i was happy, so they warned me not to exceed my bandwidth . but then again, i wish canada could be a little bit like america, gun laws here are to strict, i wanted an airsoft for my birthday, but i gotta be 19 plus sign a bunch of forms and pay fees .