Part one of this essay ended with the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) was putting forth a motion to force ISPs to give up the names of P2P file-sharers. On this motion, the CRIA provided an affidavit from Gary Millin, President of MediaSentry, a company that specializes in detecting the distribution of materials on P2P
Short answer: yes. Well, it is more accurate to say that file-sharing is not illegal in Canada. In 2005, I wrote and essay: “Copyright v. Privacy: A Review of the Legal War Between Record Labels and File Sharing from a Canadian Perspective”. I am going to review it here, in my blog and discuss what
Dr. Bakker uses an objective tone, rational arguments and an abundance of references to show that the traditional music industry is defending its interests with inconsistent logic and rhetoric in “The end of the CD as we know it… Shifting consumer behaviour and changing business models in the music industry”. The article clearly explains the