Downloading in Canada

**mylastserenade** · November 27th, 2004, 08:15 PM

Im wondering if it is at all illegal to download files in Canada from programs like Bittorrent.

**serrebi101** · November 27th, 2004, 09:03 PM

file sharing, for the time being is leegal in all forms.

**Whistler** · November 27th, 2004, 09:49 PM

but acquiring copyright files is illegal! but im sure noone in Canada does that

**cheapprick** · November 28th, 2004, 12:43 AM

You might get slapped down for using BT. It uploads at the same time as downloads and uploads are not among the things sanitized by the Supreme Court.

**mkbc04** · November 30th, 2004, 07:46 PM

As far as I can tell whats happening is in the US the Movie companies are hiring companies to track down file sharers of there stuff, then they go to court and with an ip address they go to the ISP to find out whos ip it is.

Basically in Canada as far as I know the Supreme court said that getting someones personal info from an ip is an invasion of privacy and u can't do it.

So for now Canadians are pretty much safe from prosecution.

MK

**mountain_rage** · November 30th, 2004, 08:24 PM

actually what happened in canada is the courst said that we cannot be responsible for allowing files for uploading because we have no way of knowing that the person is infringing. They compared it to a photocopy machine in a library, it will more then likely be for copying a book but how do they know. Your not forcing or asking anyone to download the files. They have to actively search for it and then download it. Although downloading is also legal because you canot know that the person has to right to distribute the file.