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isoHunt sues CRIA on legality of torrent search engines
The torrent search engine isoHunt has announced that it is suing CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) in an effort to see what the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/15399.cfm - 12 September 2008

CRIA targets What.CD and SumoTracker
The Canadian ISP MoxioColo has been served with cease and desist orders from CRIA to shut down the popular torrent sites What.cd, SumoTorrent, ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14316.cfm - 1 June 2008

Demonoid returns
After being shut down by the CRIA last November, the popular public torrent Tracker site Demonoid has seemingly made its long anticipated return. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13641.cfm - 13 April 2008

Demonoid tracker moves to Ukraine
Despite the actual website still being down, the once very popular torrent Tracker Demonoid is back, and hosted in the Ukraine. Back in June ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13265.cfm - 17 March 2008

Canada to get tougher on piracy
Caroline Grondin, spokesman for the Industry Canada ministry made music and movie executives happy when she announced that Canada should soon ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11871.cfm - 17 November 2007

CRIA threats lead to shutdown of Demonoid site
Visitors to BitTorrent Tracker site Demonoid.com over the last several hours have been greeted by the following message: "The CRIA threatened ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11749.cfm - 9 November 2007

TorrentSpy traffic declines dramatically since US ban
According to Alexa stats, the MPAA seems to have a victory in regards to halting piracy caused by the once popular torrent site TorrentSpy. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11387.cfm - 6 October 2007

Demonoid returns but forced to block Canadian traffic to site
Demonoid is finally back online after a week of downtime in which rumors swirled that the tracker was taken down by the Canadian Recording Industry ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11295.cfm - 30 September 2007

CRIA allegedly shuts down Demonoid
Demonoid, the very popular torrent tracker, has allegedly been taken down by CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) as users have noticed ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11251.cfm - 25 September 2007

CRIA disputes Canadian MP3 player levy
The CRIA, Canada's equivalent of the RIAA, has changed their position on a copyright tax for MP3 players. Although they've been in favor of ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11152.cfm - 17 September 2007

Anti-DRM group to take on RIAA
The self proclaimed arch-nemesis of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the group collectively known as DefectiveByDesign ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7694.cfm - 23 June 2006

Videotron willing to give subscriber details to CRIA
Videotron, a Canadian Internet Service Provider said it is willing to hand over personal details of its customers to the Canadian Recording ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6357.cfm - 22 April 2005

CRIA to appear in appeals court
The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) is set to appear before Federal Court of Appeal in Toronto hoping to overturn a ruling in ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6328.cfm - 19 April 2005

First steps in Canadian P2P case
First steps in court have been taken in Canadian high-profile P2P lawsuit, where Canadian Recording Industry Association is asking country's ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4995.cfm - 19 February 2004

P2P war expands to Canada
RIAA's Canadian counterpart, Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), has started an American-style legal war against alleged P2P file swappers. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4974.cfm - 13 February 2004

Manufacturers challenge Canadian MP3 player levy
Consumer electronic manufacturers are challenging the recent legislation introduced in Canada that would add as much as US $25 per player on ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4869.cfm - 13 January 2004

OpenNap server puts Canadian copyright laws to test
Two college students who operate Ontario, Canada -based OpenNap server (independent clone of Napster's server) are pushing Canadian copyright ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/2217.cfm - 18 July 2001