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November 26, 2007 Overheated rhetoric doesn't change the facts: Canada needs stronger copyright rules - Op Ed Published in the Hill Times
In their efforts to inflame opposition to copyright reforms promised by the federal government, advocates of a continued weak intellectual property (IP) rights regime are once again escalating the rhetoric.
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May 20, 2006


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Poor Little Rock Star - Article courtesy of Strut Magazine
They’re cool. They’re famous. They’re totally broke. Joshua Ostroff discovers why, despite international demand for Canadian indie music, your favourite bands are barely scraping by
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May 20, 2006 COMMENTARY: APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION: Canadians Have A Taste For P2P; Can A Solution Be Found? - (Toronto)
Given the insatiable appetite for music in Canada, where broadband penetration is among the highest anywhere, the development of a strong digital music marketplace would seem to be a given.
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May 11, 2006 Op Ed - Protect artists: Reform Canada's copyright laws - (Toronto)
In a recent opinion piece in the National Post, Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies and a spokesman for the Canadian Music Creators Coalition, argues that the campaign to reform the country's outdated copyright laws is not about protecting Canadian artists. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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March 15, 2006 CRIA Submission to the CRTC - Review of Commercial Radio Policy - (Ottawa)
The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) is pleased to file these comments on behalf of EMI Music Canada, SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC., Universal Music Canada Inc. and Warner Music Canada Co. (hereinafter, “CRIA Members”) in connection with Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2006-1 (the “Notice”) calling for a review of the Commission’s Commercial Radio Policy.
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Archives


2006


Jan 09 OP ED - Canadians want action on internet copyrights

2005

Sep 02 OP ED - Re: "SOCAN" By André LeBel
July 29 OP ED - Re: "CRIA & CIRPA" By Graham Henderson and Brian Chater...
July 29 Letter to the Editor - Re: "Court Backs Off on Copied Music"...
June 02 Letters to the Editor - Re: Mr. Geist's commentary "Ruling states the case for privacy"...
May 31 Copying and the law...
May 16 What a tangled Web we weave...
May 03 A senseless war over downloading
April Pew Study 2004: "ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS BELIEVE UNAUTHORIZED PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING OF COPYRIGHTED WORKS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL" (April, 2005)
March 10 CRIA's president responds to editorial from Northern News
January "MGM v. GROKSTER - Amicus Brief by Artists and Associations in Support of the Petitioners"...

2004


November 29 CRIA's president responds to article: "Downloading Nation: Music/Peer-to-Peer sharing isn't the villain that the recording industry makes it out to be."

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