CRIA Loses Appeal
CRIA may have suffered from another blow recently. The CSI case involved mandatory DRM (Digital Rights Management) on all music stores wishing to sell music.
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Music Sales Climb 25% In Canada
It’s an advocates dream come true. News that sales have never been better in a country where the record industry associated with labels like EMI
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Sony Settles with Canada over Rootkit
Back in February, Slyck reported on lawsuits against Sony BMG in Canada over encoding their albums with rootkit technology.
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Independent Labels Create Own Coalition
In sharp contrast to recent events in the USA with the proposed legislation known as DMCA 2.0 (coupled with Unanimous disapproval) Canadian artists and labels
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CRIA’s Study Contradicts Own Claims
At the beginning of the month, the CRIA, Canadian equivalent of the RIAA, gained attention from various news sources over a study that they claimed
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More Canadian Action Against Sony-BMG
Jeannine Palmer and Janet Cook are the latest plaintiffs in the fourth class action lawsuit against Sony BMG Music (Canada) Inc., Sony-BMG Music Entertainment and
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Independent Music as an Answer?
You won’t find these artists on MTV. You won’t find them banging away behind the David Letterman Studio. You might not even see them in
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