Is it legal to copy large amount of data peer to peer in Canada
<p>Is it legal to transfer large amounts of encrypted data peer to peer in Canada?</p>

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<li>I transfer data from my friend PC in another country.</li>
<li>The <strong>data is encrypted</strong>, so nobody can ever know which data it is.</li>
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<p>An article from 2006 states the following:</p>

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  <p>In Canada, the Copyright Act protects all works and prohibits the confection of copies or the communication to the public without authorization. <em>Thus, as a general rule, Internet file-sharing is illegal.</em> </p>
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<p>Is it true? Is it about any file-sharing or only for copyrighted works? Does it mean that file-transfer is also illegal because I don't share I copy onto my PC.</p>

<p>Encryption of data is relevant only if your permission from the copyright holder is contingent on the data being encrypted. First, if you did not create the content and it is protected by copyright (generally it is), you have to have permission to copy it. If the rights-holder says "you may copy it or transfer it to X, but only if you use a (particular) secure file transfer protocol", then you can't copy / transfer it unencrypted. But if you hold the copyright, then you can do whatever you want with the content.</p>

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