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14 saturday fan 8 2005 economist sun suntribune dive cheryl greenspan notes on a napkin talian eatery worth drive north mama mia trattoria location 17415 yonge st newmarket phone 9058953433 type italian price range entrees start at 995 hours closed monday reservations recommended for weekends when i began writing about restaurants in york region it was my hope to provide examples of fine establish ments featuring cuisine from around the world right in our own back yard i was however cautioned the people of york region are more inclined to trav el south so restaurants featured in thornhill would draw from richmond hill aurora and even newmarket but it would be a harder sell to get a thornhill resident to travel any further north than richmond hill thats a shame mama mia trattoria is definitely worth the drive to newmarket where it has been a proud part of the communi ty for almost seven years upon entering i was pleasantly sur prised by the rustic italian charm of the decor classic italian art placed on the ceiling as well as the walls and wooden tables with mismatched chairs all adding to the authentic trattoria feel the nicely balanced menu is filled with both classic offerings of pasta risotto meats and fish as well as a variety see special page 17 filesharing fans raise ire of musicians by simone joseph staff writer hen gregg lawless heard the fan he cringed i love your show i cant wait to hear your music when i get home im going to see if i can down load it for free from the internet the auroraborn song writer and producer does not know how much music downloading has cost him in lost cd sales but based on the number of people who have come up to him after concerts admitting they plan to obtain his music online he knows his bottom line has been affected by what he con siders hightech piracy it costs about 20000 to record a cd said mr lawless who owns and runs a label called grafton music it often costs con sumers nothing to rip this music off of the internet mr lawless is pas sionate about how unjust this is you cannot walk into a car dealer ship and take a car because you feel like it so why is it ok to do this with music he asked taking anything with out permission is stealing he added file sharing where a person has a music file they lend to others over a shared network has cost the canadian music indus try about 250 million in sales in the past three years according to the canadian recording industry association the association has taken strides to crack down on culprits it filed a motion in february 2004 requesting internet service providers reveal the names of 29 uploaders who posted hundreds of songs on the internet via file sharing networks the association wanted to sue them for copyright infringement a judge denied this motion a month later downloading a song for personal use does not break copyright laws put ting a song in an online music sharing directory such as kazaa is not illegal distribution ruled justice konrad von finckenstein he compared downloading and uploading music to using a photocopier in a library this issue was not fairly argued because the music industry did not have a chance to voice its opinion said graham henderson president of the canadian recording industry association also since this was a minor decision made in a motions court rather than in a trial court the ruling doesnt have the force of law he said if you ask any internet lawyer hell tell you that was a dodgy decision so the association has appealed and is waiting for a hearing believed to be set for april meanwhile the introduction of legal down loading sites where songs can often be obtained for 99 cents each is posi tive for the industry mr henderson said its long over due that answered the excuses teenagers give theres photo illustrationmike barrett i j