[chancellor]

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2005/03/24/971396-cp.html

"It will also be made clear that private copies of sound recordings cannot be uploaded or further distributed."

this is from the link above. This is not good news for the tracker.

[mark]

i assume that is for sharing cd's and stuff.

the hip allow the taping and sharing of their live shows. i don't think this will have any affect on the tracker

[prz]

The Hip allow recordings. So I dont see this affecting the Tracker.

[chris]

The changes would include implementing elements of two World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaties and forcing Internet service providers to keep records of those who share high volumes of copyright-protected material such as songs, Hollywood movies and TV shows.

The amendments would "clarify that the unauthorized posting or the peer-to-peer file-sharing of material on the Internet will constitute an infringement of copyright," say documents released jointly Thursday by Canadian Heritage and Industry Canada.

I don't see this as a problem either. They just want to stop the transmission of copyrighted material. Until The Hip tell us to stop, and they stop allowing taping, we're good to go.