Posts Tagged ‘DMCA’

Is File-Sharing Legal in Canada? (Part 2)

By jambrose | Digital Music, Legal Studies, Media Technology

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

Is File-Sharing Legal in Canada? (Part 1)

By jambrose | Digital Music, Legal Studies, Media Technology

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