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Peer-to-Peer file sharing takes a hit in Canada

by Stevie Smith - Jul 17 2008, 11:31

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Andrew NortonJul 17th, 2008 - 16:19:29

Lets not forget one thing - quebecTorrent's NEVER put up a defence, knowing that they plain couldn't afford to. In this climate, money is power, and here, multi-million dollar companies are suing little ones. CRIA and others can afford $100,000 for a legal campaign against this site, how many sites can afford similar. so, instead of wasting money in a legal battle that couldn't afford to fight, they let a judgment pass, rathre than fight and lose, and set a worse precident.

It's the way things are now. A civil court works great between equals. When you have a big corporation suing a small one, or some people, it's not justice, isn't not ethically fair, but it happens. Anyone been keeping an eye as to how much Jim Prentice has trousered for C-61? Maybe not as a direct bribe, but as a lobby action. The same can be said of Commissioner McCreevy of the EU, and those behind the likes of the Pro-IP act in the US.

Andrew Norton
Chairman
Pirate Party of the US
pirate-party.us

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Leon AaaaSep 29th, 2008 - 20:09:40

Hey all, I seem to think this is about hosting your torrent server in Quebec, and not actually downloading content from A torrent server (that may be hosted elsewhere). Correct me if I am wrong, I believe that there was a case of sharing files between certain individuals, pc to pc without using a torrent medium to locate the other party, was considered legal.
I hope this is not that last we hear of this, power to the TORRENT!

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