Can CRIA Recover from the Largest Copyright Infringment Case In Canadian History?
Yesterday, news broke that the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) was sued for $6 billion (not $60 billion as initially reported) for commercial copyright infringement. The case was only filed and already, it is seemingly beyond the point of damage control for CRIA. The question is, can CRIA recover from what may be the biggest blunder in its history? CRIA has certainly prided itself with acting as the voice of legitimacy in the copyright debate. The headlines in the last two press releases by CRIA starting on October 20, 2009 certainly gives an indication that they would like to be seen as the organization demanding strong rules against copyright violators. For the last several years, copyright infringement has been a topic at the forefront of CRIA. CRIA has argued that copyright infringement has been destroying the music industry in Canada. That’s precisely what makes this latest legal claim so explosive in the first place. The very activity CRIA has set out to stop is no
