ADISQ: ‘move against Torrent trackers’
p2pnet news | P2P:- ADISQ, which promotes the Quebec recording industry, raised two noteworthy issues in a French-language article earlier this week [Google translation].
First, it opposes lawsuits against individual file sharers. Instead, it supports actions against Torrent trackers and similar sites.
Second, it would like the CRTC to require ISPs to prioritize Canadian content, noting that if ISPs prioritize content for commercial purposes (ie. non-net neutrality) then they can be required to do something similar to advance Canadian culture.
ADISQ is not alone on this one – a growing number of cultural groups want the CRTC to re-examine the new media exception and to consider rules that bring cancon-like requirements to the Internet.
If this continues, the anti-net neutrality forces in Canada will include the ISPs, U.S. content owners (who want ISPs to filter allegedly infringing content), and some Canadian content owners (who want ISPs to prioritize Canadian content).
Michael Geist
[Geist is the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. He can be reached by email at mgeist[at]uottawa.ca and is on-line at www.michaelgeist.ca.]
November 1st, 2007 at 1:30 am
yeah, those damn torrent trackers are bad when artists use this distribution and promotion tool in direct competion to those that get “promoted” by ADISQ.
Prioritize canadian content but not use first class distribution technology to do that, that’ the way to go! How stupid must those Swedes be by prioritizing Swedish content while using torrent technology!
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