What the Supreme Court's copyright rulings mean for you

[Jazzy]

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a raft of landmark copyright decisions that will affect how Canadians listen to and buy music online.



It also kept open the doors to the kinds of research materials, primarily photocopies, that will be available freely to students.



With the large number of simultaneous decisions — five in total — and a considerable amount of legalese to wade through, experts on all sides of the arguments are still figuring out what everything means.



Here, though, is a quick summary of what the rulings appear to mean for the average consumer and student.



Do you agree with the copyright ruling? Why or why not?

 

[JetWing34]

I agree with this, even though I am not Canadian and I'm not an iTunes user. That's good for people in Canada who like music and videos.

 

[DrLeftover]

Interesting Precedent.

 

[Evil Eye]

I agree with this, even though I am not Canadian and I'm not an iTunes user. That's good for people in Canada who like music and videos.

It sounds all right in any case.