Artists Legal Outreach is holding a series of events in Vancouver early next month on copyright and artists. Details here.
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Stingray Launches Canadian Music Service
Stingray today launches a new online Canadian music service having addressed the major issue keeping services out of the country – the high cost of licensing. CRIA (Music Canada)’s Graham Henderson admits that high costs have been cited as one of the principal reasons services such as Pandora have stayed […]
UBC the Latest to Opt-Out of Access Copyright Interim Tariff
UBC has become the latest Canadian university to announce that it is opting out of the Access Copyright interim tariff. The third largest university outside of Quebec (behind only the University of Toronto and York University – York has already announced that it is opting out), UBC notes that it […]
The Access Copyright Interim Tariff Opt-Out List
This week’s FAQ post on universities opting-out of the Access Copyright interim tariff generated several requests for a list of the schools that have either already opted-out or plan to do effective September 1st. One reader passed along the following list, which may not be fully comprehensive, so additions or […]
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