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Tories eye $500 file for illegal downloads...
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| _Griphin_ User Info... |  The federal Conservatives are set to introduce new copyright legislation as soon as this week that will include provisions to target users with a $500 fine for all illegal files transferred online, a move that legal experts say could see Canadians sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars if found guilty of infringement. The current Copyright Act charges a maximum $20,000 fine for each infringed material, but experts say the act was designed primarily for commercial cases and not to accommodate how digital copyrighted files are handled by individuals. - Tue, 3 Jun 2008 3:13pm Edited: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 3:17pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | It gets more interesting... http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=4696ce43-e4d3-4ab9-a82d-85818435f1cf (grabbed from Times Colonist, June 13th) OTTAWA - Consumers will be locked out of some digital content they have already paid for and face penalties up to $20,000 if they try to get around any digital lock to copy CDs or DVDs for themselves under Canada's proposed new copyright bill. However, the federal government admits it won't be policing the proposed new rules and concedes it's unlikely most people would be penalized. - Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:04am Edited: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:08am | ||
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