«swapping music files allowed, [canadian] federal judge rules»
the music industry's fight against illegal file sharing suffered a major setback yesterday when a federal court judge ruled that swapping songs on the internet for personal use does not break the law.«downloading a song for personal use does not amount to infringement,» mr justice konrad von finckenstein of the federal court of canada wrote in his decision. «i cannot see a real difference between a library that places a photocopy machine in a room full of copyrighted material and a computer user that places a personal copy on a shared directory.»
