Dutch Artists Groups Propose Full Legalization of P2P
Two Dutch artists groups have proposed full legalization of peer-to-peer activity in return for an expansion of their private copying levy from CDs and DVDs to devices that can play and record movies...
View ArticleForget the iPod Tax, Canadian Copyright Collective Demanding Memory Card Tax
During the most recent election campaign, there was no shortage of debate over the so-called iPod Tax, a proposed levy on iPods and similar devices to compensate for copies of sound recordings. While...
View ArticleRetail Council Calls for Scrapping Private Copying Levy
The Wire Report reports that the Retail Council of Canada is calling on the government to scrap the private copying levy in the aftermath of the CPCC demand to create a levy on memory cards. The...
View ArticleCanadian Rules Rain on Cloud Music Parade: Why New Services Unlikely To Come...
Apple has once again captured the attention of the Internet world with the unveiling of the iCloud, an online backup system that will allow users to instantly store their content on Apple computer...
View ArticleCPCC: No Levies on Cloud Music Services
The Canadian Private Copying Collective has issued a release saying that it has no plans to seek a levy on cloud-based music services. The CPCC says the services are viewed as licensed services, not...
View ArticleUK To Introduce Private Copying Exception With No Levy
The UK Government has issued its response to the Hargreaves Report, noting that it will be dropping prior plans to implement an ISP blocking scheme and will introduce new exceptions for parody and...
View ArticleCopyright Board Sets Timing for Private Copying Levy
Howard Knopf reports that the Copyright Board has set the timing for the hearing on extending the private copying levy to electronic memory cards. The hearing is set for October 2012. The post...
View ArticleWill the Government Take Action Against the Memory Card Tax?
ACTRA is in Ottawa this week for a two-day lobby campaign on issues such as cultural funding and copyright. The group will undoubtedly focus on extending the private copying levy to iPods, an issue it...
View ArticleTelecom and Tech Coalition Calls on Government To Stop MicroSD Card Levy
The Wire Report reports that a coalition of telecom and technology companies that includes Telus and RIM have written to Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore and Industry Minister Christian Paradis...
View ArticleCanadian Government Announces Plans To Block Copyright Levy on MicroSD Cards
The Canadian government announced yesterday that it will use its regulation-making power to block the attempt to apply the private copying levy to MicroSD cards. I noted last November that it had this...
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Broken Record: Why the Music Industry’s Secret Plan for iPhone Taxes,...
The long-awaited Canadian copyright review is set to kick off hearings next week as a House of Commons committee embarks on a year-long process that will hear from a wide range of stakeholders. My...
View ArticleCanadian Music Industry Seeks New Fees, Content Blocking, and Right to...
The global music industry released its annual report this week with data that shows an industry successfully transitioning to digital services. The Canadian market is particularly strong as revenue...
View ArticleWho Needs an iPhone Tax: Canadian Music Industry Instead Calls for $40...
As the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology continues its copyright review, the Canadian Heritage committee has launched its study on remuneration models for artists and creative...
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Canadian Music Industry Wants Government to Pay Copying Fee for Every...
Last fall, months before the start of the Canadian copyright review, the Canadian Private Copying Collective, the collective that administers the tax on blank CDs that has long advocated for extending...
View ArticleMusic Canada at the Copyright Review: “Illegal Content is Drifting Away”
Music Canada was one of several witnesses that appeared before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology this week as part of the copyright review. The group continued its campaign on...
View ArticleMaking Sense of the Canadian Digital Tax Debate, Part 4: New Taxes or Fees on...
The prospect of new fees or taxes on Internet services is not the only digital tax proposal aimed at technology use (previous digital tax policy posts on digital sales tax, Netflix tax, ISP tax). For...
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