Canadian Music Industry Copyright Class Action Settled 99
limber writes "The largest Canadian copyright class action suit has been settled for $50 million. The offenders? The four labels comprising the Canadian Recording Industry Association — EMI, Sony Music, Universal Music, and Warner Music. Ahem."
The terms of the settlement are a compromise — anyone with works on the pending list can receive compensation while the music industry is absolved of further liability. The two major Canadian licensing agencies (CMRRA and SODRAC) will be tasked with improving the licensing process to prevent future abuse.
The best counter-point (Score:5, Informative)
Every time the **AAs get up in front of government or the public to claim "support for the artists" this situation and others need to be brought up plainly and clearly. I know that like many here, those arguments made me laugh, then made me sick and now make me angry. They are simply lying with impunity on this matter and need to be taken to account. I would love for them to be questioned before the US congress to see if we can get some truth and/or perjury from them. That won't and can't happen fairly, though, as long as they are major contributors to both big parties and to nearly every elected official in office today.
Re:I hope... (Score:5, Informative)
"I don't think there is a Canadian recording artist that doesn't suck"
just off the top of my head ...
Neil Young
Leonard Cohen
Tragically Hip
Loreena McKennitt
KD Lang
Ian Tyson
Barenaked Ladies
Tom Cochrane
Minglewood Band
Powder Blues
Stampeders
Chilliwack
Anne Beverly Brown
Tom Phillips
Mae Moore
Lynn Miles
Buffy Sue St. Marie
Stan Rogers
Gordon Lightfoot
etc.
Re:So... (Score:5, Informative)
Limewire settlement: $10,808 per song, 65x more. 300,000 infringements -> $3.24 billion
Joel Tenenbaum: $22,500 per song, 135x more. 300,000 infringements -> $6.75 billion
Jammie Thomas-Rasset 2010: $62,500 per song, 375x more. 300,000 infringements -> $18.75 billion
The scales of justice seem badly in need of calibration.