Just some extra information

By the way, although I didn't originally go out looking for stuff like this, I've gone to the trouble of tracking down some links and information people might find interesting.

There are other people out there of note promoting similar ideas to mine on filesharing, like Robert Hamilton, a professor on internet law at Ohio State, contrary to the suggestions in a recent debate that no one out there is promoting alternate views on filesharing. He was mentioned briefly at

http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/03/11.6.03/filesharing_debate.html

Or, take a look at the ideas of Professor Larry Lessig of Stanford at

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2004/march17/fileshare-317.html

Not to mention, of course, the entire Open Source Culture movement.

Also, here are some sources that, whether they are right or not, share my interpretation of the Canadian ruling on filesharing:

http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5182641.html?tag=st_pop
-"In a far-ranging decision, the court further found that both downloading music and putting it in a shared folder available to other people online appeared to be legal in Canada."

http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/48323.html
-"A Canadian judge has dealt a blow to the global record industry's anti-piracy campaign by declaring that sharing music over the internet is not illegal"

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051208.gtjkcolumndec8/BNStory/Technology/
-"that activity is still legal in Canada"

and finally,

http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_36846
-"The motions judge held that, with reference to subsection 80(1) of the Act, downloading a song for personal use does not amount to infringement. He also said that placing personal copies of songs onto shared directories, such that the songs were accessible by other computer users over the Internet, did not amount to authorization or distribution contrary to the Act."