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Canadian Judge Postpones Ruling on ISPs Revealing Song-Swapper IDs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 18, 2004 - 8:28am.
Toronto -- A Canadian federal judge yesterday adjourned until March 12 a motion from the Canadian Record Industry Association (CRIA), that asks the court to compel five Internet service providers to reveal the names of 29 subscribers' identities that CRIA believes illegally uploaded songs to file-sharing services. Judge Konrad von Finckenstein ordered the ISPs to keep a record of Internet activity from the time periods in question, but granted them more time to review technical and privacy aspects of the motion. Joel Watson, a lawyer representing ISP Telus Corp., told Canada's Globe and Mail that it has reached two of the three subscribers accused of copyright infringement -- while the third did not hold an account with Telus last fall when the alleged infringement was to have occurred. Another ISP, Shaw Communications, said that it will mount a legal challenge to the motion, asking the court to respect the privacy of its subscribers.
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