  urlLink Globeand Mail article describing how the music industry is appealing the last court ruling which made swapping songs in Canada legal. Here's my comments: 1. Canadians already pay a tax on various forms of media to subsidies the music industry for their losses in copying. I would expect that our tax should almost be eliminated since we would lose this right. 2. Does the end justify the means? Regardless of whether or not you feel music swapping should be legal we do have some questions around privacy to answer.
These people are innocent until a court of law deems otherwise. Somebody who is not guilty of any crime should have the right to operate freely in society with the ability to remain anonymous should they choose. 3. I'd like to see what the grounds for the appeal are considering the Judge indicated that no law has been broken. Simply, "sharing" music does not constitute infrigement. There must be an intent not only to distribute copywrite material without permission but also an attempt to promote it's distribution. Simply having software installed on your PC whether it's Kazaa or, say, a virus that shares out your MP3 folders without your consent (last time I checked) was not the same thing as standing on the street corner of King and Yonge in Toronto peddling pirate copies of Spider-Man 2.
One of these actions is clearly for profit, clearly demonstrates an intent to generate income from copywrite material...one of these does not. 4. Regardless of the outcome. Should it be deemed illegal to swap songs, they will need to give the Canadian public warning before they start their suing spree.
Should file sharing become illegal once again in Canada I would suggest you go out and buy some blank CD's (on which taxes are subsidizing the CRIA) and start burning CD's of songs you like that have come from Internet radio stations outside of Canada (Windows Media Player makes this easy). That is not illegal, if it is then the Industry itself is earning profit from illegal activity. This would make them an accessory to a crime wouldn't it? If not that then at least someone who profits from crime. 
