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b'Copyright threats and lawsuits against individuals have been around in Canada since 2004, when they were rejected by the federal court. Those threats receded for about a decade, but now they\\u2019re back. Copyright notices, litigation threats, settlement demands, and actual lawsuits have re-emerged at the very time that the music and movie industries are experiencing record music streaming revenues in Canada and massive popularity of online video services. James Plotkin, a lawyer with Caza Saikaley in Ottawa, joins the podcast this week to help sort through what the notices mean, the implications of the threats and lawsuits, and where Canadian law stands on the issue.\\nThe podcast can be downloaded here and is embedded below. The transcript is posted at the bottom of this post or can be accessed here. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify or the RSS feed. Updates on the podcast on Twitter at @Lawbytespod.\\n\\nCredits:\\nHouse of Commons, November 27, 2018\\nCBC News, Infringement Notices\\nCTV News, Company Collects 1 Million IP Addresses of Canadians Suspected of Illegally Downloading\\nCBC, As it Happens\\nCBC, Mainstreet NS\\nTranscript:\\n\\n\\n\\nLawBytes Podcast, Episode10.mp3 | Convert audio-to-text with Sonix\\nMichael Geist: \\nThis is Law Bytes, a podcast with Michael Geist\\nDavid Lametti: \\nWhat began to happen in Canada, Mr. Speaker and I saw this myself a number of times in my teaching is that American rights holders through American law firms would often allege content infringement in Canada and send out a letter saying you\\u2019ve You\\u2019ve infringed copyright. We\\u2019re going to sue you please pay x thousands of dollars by clicking on this link and we will forget this. And sadly'