Canadian P2P Usage Declining?
According to a major survey on music copying recently conducted by Reseau Circum for the Canadian Private Copying Collective, file-sharing activity is on a steady decline in Canada.
The survey was part of evidence submitted before the Copyright Board of Canada yesterday as it conducted hearings on Canada’s private copying levy. The private copying levy [...]
“Let’s Raise CD-R Taxes to Support Music Artists” say Canadians.
Almost 80% of those Canadians surveyed recently by the Canadian Private Copying Collective said that they support a tax of up to 40 cents per blank CD-R to compensate musical artists hurt financially by people who use them to burn CDs.
The current tax of 21 cents is apparently not enough for music artists [...]
Canada sets key hearings on online music sales
Hearings that could dramatically alter the way labels and publishers share online music revenue in Canada begin September 6.
The proceedings, before the Copyright Board of Canada in Ottawa, will mark the first time the federal-appointed tribunalconsiders rates for the online sale of music.
On April 28, CMRRA/SODRAC Inc. (CSI) filed its statement of case with the [...]
Sirius Canada, Ford Strike Broad-Based Dashboard Deal
The race for the Canadian dashboard is just getting underway, pitting XM against Sirius once again. XM Canada recently inked an in-dash partnership with Lexus and Toyota, and now Sirius has announced a brand-new, exclusive deal with Ford Motor Company. Under the terms of the long-term agreement, virtually every Ford vehicle sold in Canada will [...]
(Canadian) Librarians rebuke Capt Copyright
At its annual meeting in Ottawa earlier this month, the Canadian Library Association passed a resolution on Access Copyright’s Captain Copyright.
The resolution is powerful rebuke from one of the groups that the Captain Copyright program presumably hoped to attract.
It criticizes the biased approach on copyright, the linking policy, and notes that the “website poses a [...]
MP3 Player Ban for Young(Canadian) Drivers?
The Canadian Automobile Association says iPods, cell phones and the like are dangerous for your health. So it wants younger drivers to be banned from using them while they’re on the road.
“Restricting the use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players and wireless hand-held devices, [allows drivers to] truly focus on the driving [...]
