Canadian filesharers officially off the hook.
Originally published at DanHulton.com. Please leave any comments there.
This is something that’s gone quite unspoken about on my friends list, and it affects a great deal of (all of?) them. I’m really surprised, because this is really good news, in more than just a couple of ways.
RCMP Won’t Go After Personal Filesharers
Since no-one will bother to read that link first, a brief summary: The RCMP won’t persue or prosecute personal fireshares any more, recognizing that it takes too much effort and investment with precious little payoff.
At least two direct benefits for Canadians:
- No more getting prosecuted for something for which we already pay a levy.
- Our federal police will be free to spend that time and money on more important crimes.
And there’s at least one indirect benefit to boot - it means our politicians aren’t so corrupt and our lobbyists aren’t so pervasive that we let greed get in the way of common sense.