In a highly anticipated decision, the Federal Court of Canada today dismissed the Canadian Recording Industry Association's (CRIA) motion to compel several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to disclose the names of customers who traded music on the Internet.
In dismissing CRIA's motion, the Court came to three key conclusions:
- CRIA did not make out a prima facie case of copyright infringement;
- CRIA did not establish that the ISPs are the only practical source for the identity of the P2P pseudonyms; and
- CRIA did not establish that the public interest for disclosure outweighs the privacy interests of the ISP customers.