Read on Canoe, the courts decision that "ruled against a motion which would have allowed the music industry to begin suing individuals who make music available online."

According to the Associated Press, "Konrad von Finckenstein ruled Wednesday that the Canadian Recording Industry Association did not prove there was copyright infringement by 29 so-called music uploaders" adding "that downloading a song or making files available in shared directories, like those on Kazaa, does not constitute copyright infringement under the current Canadian law."

Surprisingly, "he compared the action to a photocopy machine in a library. "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."

We'll just have to wait and see what the Canadian music industry does next!

PS: thanks to Seb for the info :-)
PPS: the news is also on The Globe and Mail

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