Weren't you two supposed to be in the arena?
Besides: Downloading matters in germany, and since I had to repeat it multiple times:
Talk to a lawyer:
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Internetrecht - filesharing
This also informs, that the new law was made in or before 2004 - downloading has been illegal for four years, now.
Canada was different in 2003 - i don't know the current situation:
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Canada deems P2P downloading legal - CNET News.com
But that the laws don't make sense, since p2p doesn't harm the media industry was clear in 2007 again:
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Official: P2P music not harming Canada | The Register