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CMRRA and CRIA Strike New Licensing Deal

The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. and CRIA have entered into a new mechanical licensing agreement that runs until 2012.

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November 13, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

CRIA Sings Same Song in Private Copying Submission

Readers of this blog will recall that CRIA broke from the Canadian Private Copying Collective earlier this fall by seeking leave to intervene in a federal court case where it will oppose the expansion of the private copying levy. CRIA identified seven objections to the Copyright Board's iPod levy decision, […]

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November 13, 2007 7 comments News

Rogers’ Funny Math on MP3 Player

A blog reader notes that Rogers is currently promoting a new Sony Ericsson phone that features an 8 GB MP3 player.  The company claims that allows users to stuff up to 10,000 songs on the device.  It is unclear how they arrive at that number but it is obviously wrong […]

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November 13, 2007 23 comments News

RCMP Says It Doesn’t Target Music Downloaders

Recent comments from the RCMP about their IP enforcement priorities are attracting considerable attention.  The head of federal investigations last week acknowledged that infringement for personal use is no longer targeted (if it ever was). Instead, the RCMP prioritizes health and safety issues such as fake medicines or unsafe electrical […]

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November 12, 2007 4 comments News

DRM-Free Music Outsells Protected Songs Four to One

Ars Technica reports on the data from 7 Digital, a UK digital music store.

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November 12, 2007 Comments are Disabled News