Interesting Development

Scott Elcomb psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Sun Sep 11 18:06:32 UTC 2011


On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 1:40 PM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Darryl Moore wrote:
>>
>> I suspect that if this does move north, it will only be subscribers to
>> the large ISPs who are targeted anyway, since they are more cooperative.
>> Yet another reason to dump Robbers and Hell, if you didn't already have
>> enough reasons.
>
> According to that article, the ISPs were ordered by the Federal Court to
> provide the info.  Smaller ISPs are not likely to ignore a court order
> either.

IANAL but by my understanding is that once the Conservatives' omnibus
crime bill (and the included "Lawful Access" provisions) receives
Royal Assent and comes into force, court orders will no longer be
necessary.

With all the international trade pressure to "strengthen" copyright
law (eg DRM) in agreements like ACTA or CETA, and with our
Government's push to "modernize" our copyright system this is indeed a
troubling development.

I'm not worried for myself (the vast majority of my media downloads
are PD or CC works and my public shares are controlled) but there are
many, many Canadians (including politicians, lawyers & law
enforcement) who don't restrict their filesharing habits in this way.

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