Privacy laws unbroken? for now
Canadian Service Providers can breathe a little easier after Judge Justice Konrad von Finckenstein ruled more information would be required before advising them to divulge personal information of their subscribers to the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).
The details of 29 alleged music pirates are under question from five different service providers.
Von Finckerstein adjourned the trial, awarding the CRIA four weeks to present further information. Due to the ?time sensitive? nature of the case if extra time was provided, pirates would have ample time to delete file directories containing offending materials).
“While the court has decided to adjourn for a couple of weeks, we see this as progress, due legal process that will, in the end, allow us to file suits against flagrant copyright infringers,” said CRIA general counsel Richard Pfohl.
Pfohl?s optimism is definitely hopeful as the cost for the trial is approaching the $1 billion mark.
Thus far, ISPs have only provided the IP addresses of the alleged pirates, deciding to omit any personal information to prevent any abuse of their binding privacy laws.
Unlike their American counterparts, the legality of downloading music is not clear as levies are imposed on blank recording media essentially – blurring any distinction between online downloads.
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