Comments on: Canada’s P2P ‘download distraction’ http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15048 p2pnet.net offers not-your-lamescream news on movies music digital media P2P peer-to-peer TV television file sharing freedom of speech open source product news Wifi mobiles company Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:59:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15048#comment-339036 Reader's Write Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:08:59 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15048#comment-339036 http://cpcc.ca/english/finHighlights.htm There is the link to the Canadian Copyright Collective. It shows $199 million collected. It has paid out only $129 million to date. http://cpcc.ca/english/finHighlights.htm

There is the link to the Canadian Copyright Collective.
It shows $199 million collected.
It has paid out only $129 million to date.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15048#comment-337935 Reader's Write Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:22:55 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15048#comment-337935 It's certainly true with the existing levy collected in Canada on recordable CDs - despite the rather hefty levy having been in place for years now, it seems very little of the cash is even getting to the labels, let alone trickling down to artists. It’s certainly true with the existing levy collected in Canada on recordable CDs - despite the rather hefty levy having been in place for years now, it seems very little of the cash is even getting to the labels, let alone trickling down to artists.

]]> By: Rafael Venegas http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15048#comment-337803 Rafael Venegas Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:17:14 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15048#comment-337803 "the "idea has a snowball’s chance in hell"" What has a snowball’s chance in hell is the idea that whatever is collected by any scheme involving a so called composer association (really publisher controlled organizations) reaches the songwriters. If Iam correct, only about 5 percent of the money collected allegedly for songwriters reach the songwriters in the USA. I have no reason to beleive this is different elsewhere. The publishers keep about 95 percent. If anyone has better numbers, please let us know, “the “idea has a snowball’s chance in hell”"

What has a snowball’s chance in hell is the idea that whatever is collected by any scheme involving a so called composer association (really publisher controlled organizations) reaches the songwriters.

If Iam correct, only about 5 percent of the money collected allegedly for songwriters reach the songwriters in the USA. I have no reason to beleive this is different elsewhere. The publishers keep about 95 percent.

If anyone has better numbers, please let us know,

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