While Captain Copyright has garnered significant attention over the past week, another group of educators have been targeted with a similar message. CRIA's Graham Henderson recently published an opinion piece in the Spring 2006 issue of the Recorder, the Journal of the Ontario Music Educators' Association titled Music Students Face Uncertain Prospects Because of Illegal Downloading. I can't find an online version of the article, but I think it is does merit comment. As the title suggests, CRIA's message for Canada's music educators is that many young people who dream of a career in music face severely limited prospects. The article says that "this is neither for lack of talent nor an eager audience. Both of those ingredients are as strong or stronger than ever, thanks in good part to the excellent work of Canada's music educators. The threat to music students' future success comes from rampant and uncurbed music file-swapping on the Internet."
This passage represents the high water mark of the article.
