Date: 20050519
Docket: A-203-04
Citation: 2005 FCA 193
CORAM:
RICHARD C.J.
NOËL J. A.
SEXTON J.A.
BETWEEN:
BMG CANADA INC., EMI MUSIC CANADA, A DIVISION OF EMI GROUP CANADA
INC., SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (CANADA) INC.,
UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA INC., WARNER MUSIC CANADA LTD.,
BMG MUSIC, ARISTA RECORDS INC.,
ZOMBA RECORDING CORPORATION, EMI MUSIC SWEDEN AB,
CAPITOL RECORDS, INC., CHRYSALIS RECORDS LIMITED,
VIRGIN RECORDS LIMITED, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT INC.,
SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) INC., UMG RECORDINGS, INC.,
MERCURY RECORDS LIMITED AND WEA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Appellants
(Plaintiffs)
and
JOHN DOE, JANE DOE AND ALL THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE INFRINGING
COPYRIGHT IN THE PLAINTIFFS’ SOUND RECORDINGS
Defendants
and
SHAW COMMUNICATIONS INC., ROGER CABLE COMMUNICATIONS INC., BELL
CANADA, TELUS INC., AND VIDEOTRON LTEE.
Third Party Respondents
Page: 2
Heard at Toronto, Ontario, on April 20 and 21, 2005.
Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, May 19, 2005.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:
SEXTON J.A.
CONCURRED IN BY:
RICHARD C.J.
NOËL J.A.
Date: 20050519
Docket: A-203-04
Citation: 2005 FCA 193
CORAM:
RICHARD C.J.
NOËL J. A.
SEXTON J.A.
BETWEEN:
BMG CANADA INC., EMI MUSIC CANADA, A DIVISION OF EMI GROUP CANADA
INC., SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (CANADA) INC.,
UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA INC., WARNER MUSIC CANADA LTD.,
BMG MUSIC, ARISTA RECORDS INC.,
ZOMBA RECORDING CORPORATION, EMI MUSIC SWEDEN AB,
CAPITOL RECORDS, INC., CHRYSALIS RECORDS LIMITED,
VIRGIN RECORDS LIMITED, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT INC.,
SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) INC., UMG RECORDINGS, INC.,
MERCURY RECORDS LIMITED AND WEA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Appellants
(Plaintiffs)
and
JOHN DOE, JANE DOE AND ALL THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE INFRINGING
COPYRIGHT IN THE PLAINTIFFS’ SOUND RECORDINGS
Defendants
and
SHAW COMMUNICATIONS INC., ROGER CABLE COMMUNICATIONS INC., BELL
CANADA, TELUS INC., AND VIDEOTRON LTEE.
Third Party Respondents
Page: 2
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
SEXTON J.A.
Introduction
[1]
This case illustrates the tension existing between the privacy rights of those who use the
Internet a