body: In 2003, the Copyright Board of Canada released [this opinion](http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/decisions/c12122003-b.pdf).
  
  
  They held that downloading a music file for private use was okay, no matter the source:
  
  
  
  > 
  > There is no requirement 
  >  in Part VIII that the source copy be a
  >  non-infringing copy. Hence, it is not relevant
  >  whether the source of the track is a pre-owned
  >  recording, a borrowed CD, or a track
  >  downloaded from the Internet.
  > 
  > 
  > 
  
  
  However, they didn't really answer the question about whether the destination medium mattered:
  
  
  
  > 
  > It is, however, for the courts of
  >  civil jurisdiction to ultimately determine
  >  whether or not there is an infringement of
  >  copyright for private copies made onto a
  >  specific medium,
  > 
  > 
  > 
  
  
  Is this still controlling? Was it affected by the Copyright Modernization Act? Has any court clarified whether certain destination media are outside of the private copying exception?
  
  
  
title: Is downloading copyrighted music for private use legal in Canada?