On the heels of the forced shutdown of popular torrent trackers Demonoid and OiNK, and the U.S. government’s re-introduction of the PIRATE Act, which would force the Department of Justice to bring suits against individual file-sharers, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have announced that they no longer plan on prosecuting people who download copyrighted songs for their own personal use.

According to a statement from the federal police agency:

Piracy for personal use is no longer targeted. It is too easy to copy these days and we do not know how to stop it.

You can check out this article for the source where the quote originally appeared in French.

Of course, copyright infringement remains a civil offense, and so organizations like the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) is still able to bring suits against individuals.
Source On the heels of the forced shutdown of popular torrent trackers Demonoid and OiNK, and the U.S. government’s re-introduction of the PIRATE Act, which would force the Department of Justice to bring suits against individual file-sharers, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have announced that they no longer plan on prosecuting people who download copyrighted songs for their own personal use.

According to a statement from the federal police agency:

Piracy for personal use is no longer targeted. It is too easy to copy these days and we do not know how to stop it.

You can check out this article for the source where the quote originally appeared in French.

Of course, copyright infringement remains a civil offense, and so organizations like the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) is still able to bring suits against individuals.
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