Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda has announced new financial support for Nettwerk, the leading Canadian indie label that has publicly fought against the use of DRM and the RIAA's litigation strategy.
Oda Announces Funding for Nettwerk
April 4, 2007
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This is pretty exciting news. Nettwerk and Terry McBride have not been afraid to turn to new media approaches for selling their artists\’ music to the masses (with some means being quite original.) Good for them!
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Let’s just hope this isn’t a pre-emptive attempt to keep McBride quiet while they announce restrictive copyright changes…