Canadian Music Swapping In Peril

The Canadian Recording Industry Association reports that changes to Canada's copyright law will be introduced this spring. Currently, this means that Canadians who swap music on popular file-sharing networks were immune to prosecution. That may be about to change.

Copyright reform has been on the agenda for some time, to get our laws more in tune with American laws to help bolster the lagging Canadian music industry by protecting musicians and labels. More on the story here. We will continue to update the progress of this bill at Tech for the Timid.