Post Tagged with: "music"

Is Canada Ready for a P2P License?

Professor Geist's regular Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines the viability of blanket license for peer-to-peer file sharing in Canada. The column argues that Canada might provide an ideal testing ground for such an approach given the prior experience with collective licensing […]

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March 8, 2004 Comments are Disabled Columns

‘Big Music’ Set to Declare War on its Audience

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Many online music fans reflect on July 26, 2000, as the day the music almost died. On that day a U.S. court ruled that Napster, the file-sharing phenomenon that took the world by storm, was engaged in copyright infringement and should be shut down. While the service survived for nearly 18 months longer, that initial decision clearly marked the beginning of the end for Napster.

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May 12, 2003 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Appeal Court Ruling the Latest Word on On-line Music

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From Quebec language laws to Internet lotteries, Canadian courts have addressed an unprecedented array of cyberlaw issues in 2002. This month, the Federal Court of Appeal entered the scene, issuing its much-anticipated "tariff 22" decision. The ruling provides the latest word on the dissemination of music on-line, the liability of Internet service providers, Internet jurisdiction, and the copyright law balance, all within the context of a potential on-line music royalty.

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May 16, 2002 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Music Fans Face Raw Copyright Deal

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Game show aficionados will recall the 1960s and 1970s hit Let's Make a Deal, in which host Monty Hall would tempt contestants into trading prizes for whatever lay behind one of three doors. While there were great prizes behind some doors, there was always a booby prize behind one.

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March 21, 2002 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Like it or Not, Napster and its Kind are Here to Stay

Like it or Not, Napster and its Kind are Here to Staylink to on line articlelink to html archive

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February 14, 2001 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive