I have to admit that I've been cheating on MetaFilter. Once a site that I had to spend quality time with on a daily basis, it had slipped and been replaced in my affection by Reddit, a sexy little site which has a lot more technology news, a lot more politics, a lot more humour, all in a “what will it have today?” format that makes for quick and easy browsing. (Put another way: MetaFilter = The New Yorker, Reddit = People).
So anyhow, my recent visit with Jessamyn inspired me to try to make at least a little bit of time to get back to checking MetaFilter on a more regular basis. My decision was quickly rewarded when I came across the following post which I've copied verbatim from MetaFilter.
“With the possible exception of Sweden,
Canada is today's frontier upon which the war of file-sharing legality
is waged, with the greatest number of file-sharers per capita, and a
steady increase in the number of persons who partake (according to the OECD). Historically, the CRIA's own piracy campaign (2004) was given birth only one year after the RIAA began suing individuals (2003) for participating in peer-to-peer file distribution. Unlike the RIAA, the CRIA was shot down by the courts, establishing a sort of precedent in favour of the end-user which has been upheld ever since, and indeed even reinforced. However, we may be seeing the beginning of the end as QuebecTorrent now fights the good fight to prevent a legal precedent outlawing Canadian BitTorrent trackers.”
(via MetaFilter)
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