p2pnet.net News:- Canadian Net expert Michael Geist admits he’s a bit late with the news that Canadian Heritage has released the 2005 Music Industry Profile.

But never mind because the data underscore the policy of entertainment cartel units to rely on outright lies and dis- and misinformation rather than reality.

“The most noteworthy data point comes in the introduction – Canadian artists have seen their sales increase since 2001,” says Geist.

“Sales of Canadian albums have increased from 6.8 million units in 2001 to 8.5 million in 2004, an increase of 25.3%. In contrast, foreign artists have seen their sales fall 20.2% over the same period.”

And that, in turn, represents, “a remarkable increase in Canadian artists’ share of sales in Canada from 16% in 2001 to 25% in 2004,” says Geist, adding:

“You read that correctly – despite CRIA’s claims of woe, Canadian artists are enjoying unprecedented commercial success.”

CRIA is short for Canadian Recording Industry Association of America, a clone of the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), also owned by Warner Music, EMI, Sony BMG and Vivendi Universal.

Since September, 2003, the RIAA has been engaged in a bitter war with its owners’ customers as it tries to sue them into becoming Big Four Organized Music-compliant consumers.

The Big Four want to be able to use their CRIA to do the same in Canada but so far, they haven’t managed to buy quite the same amount of political cooperation as they have in the US and elsewhere.

Also See:
Michael Geist – Canadian Heritage’s 2005 Music Industry Profile, October 7, 2006

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