Post Tagged with: "file sharing"

File Sharing Decision States the Case For Privacy

My regular Law Bytes column (free hyperlinked version, Toronto Star version homepage version) is the first of a two-part look at the recent Federal Court of Appeal decision involving CRIA's attempt to identify 29 alleged file sharers.

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May 30, 2005 Comments are Disabled Columns

The Test

Alex Cameron, who successfully argued the privacy issues in the BMG v. Doe file sharing case at both the trial and appellate level, has written with his reading of the test articulated by the Federal Court of Appeal. Alex has done a great job of pulling out the many precautions […]

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May 22, 2005 Comments are Disabled News

Over-Dose

Earlier today I provided links to some of the coverage from Thursday's file sharing decision. A small article from Dose, the free Canwest daily paper, was not included (it isn't online) but merits some attention.The article features brief Q & A's with Alex Cameron, who argued the privacy issues for CIPPIC, and with Graham Henderson, CRIA's President. In response to an open-ended question on his thoughts on the decision, Henderson responds:

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May 20, 2005 Comments are Disabled News
Piercing the peer-to-peer myths: An examination of the Canadian Experience

Piercing the peer-to-peer myths: An examination of the Canadian Experience

Piercing the Peer-to-Peer Myths: An Examination of the Canadian Experience, First Monday, volume 10, number 4 (April 2005) (2005)

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May 1, 2005 2 comments Scholarship

Japenese Study Finds No Negative Impact From P2P

A Keio University economics professor recently released research (Japanese report) that indicates that the use of "Winny", the most popular P2P application in Japan, has no effect on CD sales. In fact, the study found that P2P helps to promote music sales and allows for new music discovery were indicated by the research.

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March 27, 2005 Comments are Disabled News