Post Tagged with: "iTunes"

The Hour on iTunes in France

I recently appeared on CBC's The Hour to discuss the move by the French government to legislate interoperability for Apple iTunes. The segment from March 22nd is available here.

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April 4, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Not Playing At A Tiny Screen Near You

This week's announcement from Apple and ABC/Disney about the availability of ABC shows such as Desperate Housewives and Lost as downloads for US$1.99 for the new video-playing iPod has rightly attracted significant attention.  This is the first step toward another new market – television shows for virtually immediate download.  I […]

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October 14, 2005 3 comments News

CRIA and Kazaa

CRIA' s reaction to the Kazaa ruling provides a helpful advance preview of its likely comments before the parliamentary committee reviewing Bill C-60.  The release applauds the Kazaa decision (CRIA was ready for this one as its PR firm emailed journalists on Friday with offers to comment on the decision), […]

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September 6, 2005 10 comments News

Tariff 22 Continues – SOCAN Seeks 25% Levy on iTunes

My regular Law Bytes column (non-registered version or Toronto Star version, homepage version) highlights the continuing saga of Tariff 22. SOCAN, a leading Canadian copyright collective, recently filed a revised application that targets all websites that communicate music to the public. The tariff proposal includes an astonishing 25 percent of gross revenue for music download services and 15 percent for webcasters. When combined with other tariff proposals, Canada's collectives are seeking at least 40 percent of gross revenues from music download services, representing a far greater threat to the business model than peer-to-peer file sharing.

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April 18, 2005 Comments are Disabled Columns