People have always debated about whether downloading music, movies, or roms in Canada without paying is illegal. Well, we may now have an answer.
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Logan's forensic software company, which works for the motion picture and recording industries, has collected files on a million Canadians who have downloaded pirated content. They have gained files from peer-to-peer file sharing and downloading from BitTorrent sites through Internet Protocol Addresses. These have been collected over the past 5 months. Canadians could be charged a $5,000 fine if legal action is taken against them. They are trying to follow in the American approach to set examples of what can go wrong if you're illegal downloading activity is discovered.
Sundara Rajan says, "I think the end game actually is to try and make a dent in the downloading activity."
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