Juno time is back again
p2pnet.net News:- Will Canadian prime minister Paul Martin employ this year’s Juno music awards – the presentations happen tonight – to again sidle up to the record label cartel?
And will the new heritage minister, Liza Frulla, use Canada’s largest advertising-cum-promo ceremonies to emulate her predecessor, Hélène Chalifour Scherrer, by promising to tidy up Canada’s copyright act so Big Music can start suing Canadians for sharing music in the same way it’s suing Americans?
Last year Martin informed the world that the music industry is part of Canada’s sovereignty – joy to the ears of the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association of America), a clone of the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) tasked to sue online music sharers into buying Big Music ‘product’ from Big Music backed and supplied corporate online music stores.
The cartel’s attempt, last year, to force five Canadian ISPs to reveal the names of 29 people it said were sharing music failed miserably. It’s appealing and if the ruling once more goes against it, it will no doubt try other ways to get around the decision in the same way its opposite number in the US is currently trying to pressure the Supreme Court into accommodating its business plans.
In the meanwhile Frulla and colleague David Emerson, industry minister, are proposing to bring Canada into line with the US.
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See:-
sidle up - Canada’s Paul Martin wins Juno award!, p2pnet, April 4, 2004
suing Americans – Big Music goes after Princeton, p2pnet, April 3, 2005
failed miserably – Keep on swapping! Cdn file sharers told, p2pnet, March 31, 2004
into line – Canada’s anti-p2p plan, p2pnet, March 25, 2005
April 4th, 2005 at 2:49 am
Let’s hope the precarious position of the minority government reminds our reps that they better act in our interests first.
maybe the $4.1 million from the “iPod tax” will help remind the industry that we are already paying. http://news.com.com/2110-1027_3-5649170.html
April 4th, 2005 at 7:51 am
You know what will happen if CRIA fails again. Its already been happening in America.
Canada at present.
1. Person downloads copyrighted music.
2. CRIA sues person
3. Judge kicks out CRIA’s case.
In a democracy, thats it! The law has spoken and although we may not like the decision, the consumer and the record company’s interests have been considered and a judgment has been made in accordance with the law.
But wait! What if you have lots of money….
Plan B
1. CRIA pays off legislator.
2. Legislator introduces tougher bill on downloaders.
3. Law passes parliament.
then
1. Person downloads copyrighted music.
2. CRIA sues person.
3. Judge is forced to penalise person.
CRIA has now subverted democracy and shaped the law according to their own desires. This is your future Canada.