Coolfer and Jon Healey both point to a new marketing campaign involving Burger King and EMI that involves giving away DRM-free downloads. The campaign is notable because the parties acknowledge that such offers only make sense once DRM is removed from the picture.
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UK Government Rejects Music Copyright Term Extension
Reuters is reporting that the UK government has rejected pressure from the music industry to extend the term of copyright associated with sound recordings.
This Year It’s Hair Salons
SOCAN is sending thousands of letters to hair salons and barber shops across Canada reminding them to pay their annual fee for playing music. The collective says it targets a different business group every year – last year it was dentists, now it's hair salons. The fee starts at $95 […]
CRIA’s “Unprecedented” Decline
This week's CRIA release reminded readers that several months ago the organization generated an enormous amount of interest when it trumpeted an "unprecedented" decline in sales for the first quarter of 2007. Graham Henderson was quoted as saying that "we've experienced sizeable short-term drops before, but nothing compares to the […]
Legislative Summary in Need of Correction
CopyrightWatch points out that the legislative summary for the Library and Archives Act incorrectly says the statute contains a copyright term extension provision.
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