[Ecommerce] Follow-up to: Canadian Songwriters Want ISPs to Pay for Downloads - Cananda's superme court hearing 12/03/03

[Jeff Williams]

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  Some takes of the SOCAN hearing..
See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32610-2003Dec3.html

By Colin McClelland
Associated Press
Wednesday, December 3, 2003; 5:42 PM

"The Supreme Court heard arguments from both sides and is expected to
rule in six to 12 months."

"John Perry Barlow, a Harvard Law School fellow and co-founder of the
Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco, told The Associated
Press that SOCAN would be in a "unique, absurd and untenable"
position if it won."

The Canadian Judicial review can be found at:
 http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/decisions/m27101999-b.pdf

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