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Looks like the verdict has finally come in and it’s bad news for the Pirate Bay — guilty.  While this is definitely a landmark case in the realm of piracy, torrents and the distribution of copyrighted materials, it’s expected that the defendents will appeal the decision and that it could be years until the final decision is made.

It’s interesting to note that the guys behind Pirate Bay were convicted on “intent” rather than on the technical workings of the site.  I’m no lawyer, but I think that’s always been the legal safety net for the webmasters in these situations — dubbed the “King Kong defense”. Since they’re not actually storing the copyrighted materials on their servers or initiating the transfers they aren’t committing any crime. The users are. According to them, at least.

If this verdict sticks then maybe we’ll see Canadian and American courts taking notice. I’m sure they’d just love to put the screws to those pirates.

I just discovered Aux yesterday. It’s a web-based video channel that calls itself “real music television”.  So far colour me impressed.  High quality video and a slew of shows hosted by Canadian musicians and music icons.  Really cool stuff.

Here’s one episode from a show called Strange Notes hosted by George Pettit from Alexisonfire.  This is part 1 of a 4-part show where he hangs out with Attack in Black in Welland, Ontario. Rockalicious.

If you’re in Toronto right… now… you should be getting in line at AMC Dundas & Yonge to go see Anvil: The Movie

This looks absolutely epic.  Hoping it shows on some Vancouver screens.  Right now it’s a pretty limited run.