The Globe and Mail covers the legal case against isoHunt, with discussion of the Canadian recording industry’s lawsuit against the site using existing law. The article suggests that CRIA has filed cease and desist letters against the site (using existing law) in addition to the statement of claim and statement […]
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Australia Considers New Digital Lock Exceptions
Australia’s Attorney General has said he is looking into establishing new digital lock exceptions under that country’s copyright law. Robert McLelland specifically cited circumvention for some educational purposes, including circumvention of digital locks on DVDs. The U.S. established an exception for some DVD circumvention last summer, but Canada’s Bill C-32 […]
Canadian Musicians On the Benefits of the Internet
The National Post interviews several Canadian musicians who talk about the benefits of the Internet, Youtube, and other digital distribution as they embrace innovative business approaches.
CRIA Breaks From Creator Groups and Indy Labels On iPod Levy
The BCFC panel should raise some interesting questions about what CRIA says publicly at committee or does in the courts and what it says behind closed doors. I recently obtained a document under the Access to Information Act summarizing comments made by Henderson to Industry Canada officials in a September 2010 meeting, several months after Bill C-32 was introduced. The meeting was a Chamber of Commerce event, so CRIA did not report it in its lobbying disclosures. The summary includes two notable positions that seem to contradict public action or words and suggest a split between CRIA and other creator groups, including the Canadian Independent Music Association.
Pandora: High Costs Keeping Us Out of Canada
The National Post posts a letter from Pandora’s Tim Westergren, in which he notes that: “I think it’s very important that Canadian listeners understand that Pandora is eager to launch in Canada, but the rates that have been proposed by the Canadian music rights societies are simply uneconomic.”
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