Is downloading movies legal in Canada?

Answer 1

That depends on how you look at it. If the material is copy righted, most people would say that's the end of the story but its not.

In Canada ( and under most international trade laws) it is illegal to seed ( supply) copyrighted material, since receiving the movie is on the borderlines due to the need to prove intent ( which can be difficult or easy depending on the amount of information collected) making it much harder to prove in court. That's not to say its not illegal to download movies, its just neither here nor there since they only prosecute up loaders since they are the ones doing the copying.

It also depends on the type of copyright ( legal questions have so many angles) some copyrights depend on the copy you receive, though this is typically much less common.