Last week Christmas came early for the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) & other corporate interest groups.  The Minister of Industry Jim Prentice tabled Bill C-61 - An Act to amend the Copyright Act in the House of Commons.   It basically opens the doors for people to be sued if you download any copyrighted music & it try to by pass any digital locks on any devices or media.  Jim Prentice said he had to find a balance between business & consumers.  I would like to know what his definition of balance is.  If anyone has been following what has been happening in the United States in regard to file sharing you know its not good.  In the U.S the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been suing everybody from kids(yes - taking kids to court) to senior citizens.   However some people have started to fight back & win!  This is what I see happening when Bill C-61 becomes law.  However not all musicans like this new bill.  The Canadian Music Creators Coalition do not believe in suing thier fans which obviously makes good business sense!   While I have no problem seeing an artist get paid orgizations like the CRIA should embrace this digital age instead of suing thier customers.  There is a program that will be re-launching on June 18th that claims to be a legal P2P app! That program is called Qtrax. It has a few labels signed up, is ad supported & is free.  Unfortunately anything that you download can't be burnt to a cd.  However thier site said a person will able to transfer music onto Windows Media-capable portable devices in the near future.  This type of program will be a good beginning if it can deliver on what it states on their site!  So you see this is an example of what can happen you embrace the digital age instead of fighting it!  Check out the You Tube video on what you can't do under this new law!