loving the alien.....

out-law.com - legal news and business guides:

"The Canadian music industry has suffered a major blow in its fight against file-sharers, after a ruling yesterday by the country's Federal Court which effectively said that computer users who make music available on the internet can not be sued.
The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) went to court in February, asking that ISPs be forced to identify 29 file-sharers, who could then be sued directly. Yesterday the court said no.
According to news site The Register, Judge Konrad von Finckenstein wrote in his ruling:
'No evidence was presented that the alleged infringers either distributed or authorised the reproduction of sound recordings. They merely placed personal copies into their shared directories which were accessible by other computer users via a P2P service.'
'I cannot see a real difference between a library that places a photocopy machine in a room full of copyrighted material and a computer user that places a personal copy on a shared directory linked to a P2P service.'"

Not that I advocate file-sharing or copyright infringement, but I do advocate forcing a worldwide antiquated industry to move with the times.