That comment led to a sharp rebuke from Catherine Saxberg of the Canadian Music Publishers Association:
That comment led to a sharp rebuke from Catherine Saxberg of the Canadian Music Publishers Association:
Billboard/Reuters focuses on the forthcoming copyright reform bill, oddly referring to Canada's Copyright Act that has been amended numerous times – including recording industry requested provisions such as private copying, rental rights, and statutory damages – as "the existing 1921 legislation." The article includes a photo of musicians from the […]
There has unsurprisingly been a tremendous amount of coverage and online discussion regarding the economic study commissioned by Industry Canada that found that there is a positive correlation between file sharers and music purchasing. You can read the Globe, the Guardian, or hundreds of blogs on the topic. Or you […]
Larry LeBlanc, the longtime Canadian music reporter, recently left Billboard Magazine and has begun to publish a regular email newsletter on Canadian music developments. LeBlanc's latest edition includes some pointed comments on the coverage of HMV's retail price reductions and CRIA's attempts to link them to P2P downloading. LeBlanc has kindly granted me permission to repost his comments on this issue, which he titles HMV's Price Cuts and Why CRIA's Stats Don't Add Up: