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Canadian Music Industry Busts Record Store for Selling Import CDs
Owner says it’s silly “to go after a man who is essentially supporting the recording industry when illegally downloaded music is rampant.” The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) is about as intelligent as its counterpart to the south, doing everything in its power to make enemies out of both consumers and those actually willing to bother with the hassle of selling copyrighted music in the first place. Take the case of David Nolan, 60, owner and operator of Legend Records, an independent music store in Ottawa, Canada. An undercover agent from the CRIA discovered that Nolan was selling CDs that violated Canadian copyright law for not having bar codes, and subsequently notified the authorities who then raided his store back in April.
Continue reading »isoHunt Files Claim Against CRIA with BC Supreme Court
Canada-based BitTorrent tracker search engine files petition with the Supreme Court of British Columbia seeking its declaration that it’s “operation of the isoHunt Website does not violate the Copyright Act, RSC 1985, c. C-42 insofar as CRIA Files are concerned.” It was September of last year that BitTorrent tracker search engine isoHunt sued the Canadian Record Industry Association (CRIA) in order to preempt threatened copyright infringement litigation. In a series of letters the CRIA claimed isoHunt served no purpose other than to engage in copyright infringement of its members’ music catalogues.
Continue reading »IsoHunt Asks Court to Legalize Its Operations
During September 2008, isoHunt founder Gary Fung grew tired of the threats from the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). Instead of waiting for the CRIA to take action against him, Fung took the unusual step of suing the music industry outfit, seeking confirmation that the site’s operations are legal. “This is our preemptive strike with a narrowly defined petition for Declaratory Relief that we do not infringe, in anticipation they are going to file their own lawsuit that we do infringe (their copyright),” Fung told TorrentFreak at the time.
Continue reading »Copyright Consultation Blasted By Copyright Maximalist As ‘Useless’
The Canadian copyright consultation has allowed many Canadians from all walks of life to voice their opinion on the critical issue of copyright law and reform. Apparently, some involved in the copyright industry have a problem with that. We’ve been following the twists and turns of the Canadian copyright consultation closely and it seems to be an endless supply of noteworthy occurrences.
Continue reading »Copyright Industry Demands Canada Adopt Three Strikes Law
Copyright industry lawyer and lobbyist for the CMPDA (The Canadian arm of the MPAA) and the CRIA (The Canadian arm of the RIAA) wrote an op-ed saying that it’s “Time to end Canada’s pirate haven” while calling for a graduated response (which is effectively a three strikes law). This latest demand could very easily highlight a change in strategy for the copyright industry – which is confusing given the responses to the Canadian copyright consultation so far. The op-ed was written in the National Post recently.
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