Interesting warning regarding filesharing

[JoeHill]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 02:12:41 -0500
Marcus Brubaker disseminated the following:

> If nothing else they might be able to extradite you to the US.

Good luck. Clayton Ruby, the CCLU, and the EFF would be banging on your door to
represent you. Heck, this would be one easy way to get your '15 minutes'.

There are courts, and then there are courts. The court of public opinion, as far
as I've seen (polls, surveys, etc.), in Canada is decidedly anti-American of
late.

Anyway, these arrogant American bastages probably wouldn't have much more luck
in Canadian courts than the Canadian recording industry has had in the past few
weeks.

Of course, I in no way condone the unauthorized copying and distribution of IP,
but this has been blown waaaaay out of proportion. Traditionally, sharing of
copyrighted material, as far as the law is concerned in Canada, is somewhere
around a parking ticket in terms of its legal priority, and that's the way it
should be.

To the Media industry in general: 'adapt or die'.

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