Volume V

Issue : 18: November 8, 2007

• Court Denies New York Rangers Injunction Request to Block the NHL
• eBay Wins Another Trade mark Battle Against Perfumebay.com
• Merrill Lynch Sues Over Racist Emails
• New Jersey Man Gets Jail Time for Violation of U.S. Anti-Spam Laws
• Defamation Case Against Wikipedia Dismissed
• Industry Canada Study Finds P2P File Sharing May Increase Music Sales
• The 2006-2007 Annual Report on Canadas Privacy Act Calls for Reform
• Transmeta Receives U.S. $250 Million in Patent Settlement with Intel
• Canadian Industry Group Seeks Canadian Content Regulation of the Internet

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Industry Canada Study Finds P2P File Sharing May Increase Music Sales

Industry Canada has released a music file sharing study entitled “The Impact of Music Downloads and P2P File-Sharing on the Purchase of Music: A Study for Industry Canada”, prepared by two University of London researchers. The study measures the extent to which music downloads over peer-to-peer file sharing networks affect music purchasing activity in Canada.

The study found that there is no direct evidence to suggest that the net effect of P2P file-sharing on CD purchasing is either positive or negative for Canada as a whole and that among Canadians actually engaged in it, P2P file-sharing increases CD purchasing. The study also found that people who purchase paid electronically delivered music are not less likely to purchase music in traditional markets (CD albums).

For additional information visit:

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/ippd-dppi.nsf/en/h_ip01456e.html