Canada has the highest online music piracy rate per capita in the world

[skylight]

When they're not growing weed, playing hockey, or having gay marriages, Canadians are busy stealing music more than anyone else in the world, and it's hurting the music selling biz in Canada. Oh noes!



Downloading dents Canuck song biz
Dip is part of a 10-year decline

By BRENDAN KELLY

Music sales in Canada dropped 4% in 2005 to $536 million, the Canadian Recording Industry Assn. reported Thursday.

The dip is part of a 10-year decline that the CRIA blames on illegal music downloading.

Canada hasn't updated copyright legislation to cover digital music. Consequently, it has the highest online piracy rate per capita in the world, according to the Intl. Federation of the Phonographic Industry; the CRIA says 1.6 billion music files are swapped annually.

In 2004 the Supreme Court ruled that Internet service providers don't have to pay royalties to artists and songwriters for illegally downloaded digital music files. Last March, the Federal Court ruled music file-sharing on the Internet was legal and that neither downloading nor sharing digital music online infringes copyright.

"It's astonishing that a sophisticated nation like Canada has dragged its feet for so long while the rest of the world has adapted its copyright laws to the digital age," said John Kennedy, IFPI chief exec.

Worldwide legal digital revenues have jumped from zero to 6% of record company revenues globally in the last two years. In sharp contrast, digital revenues make-up less than 1% of record company sales in Canada.

The former Liberal government introduced beefed-up copyright legislation last year, but the bill never made it to a vote due to the election campaign. The current Tory government has not said whether it plans to revive the legislation.

"As legal downloading surges ahead in other parts of the world, Canada is marooned on the sidelines," said CRIA president Graham Henderson. "The goal of a vibrant digital marketplace in Canada will remain beyond reach until our legal environment encourages people to buy music instead of passively accepting theft on the Web

[American Psycho]

Fawkem all

[Traction Issuez]

fuk you and the gay marriage part buddy.

[American Psycho]

Oh yeah,

Canada should take back Celion Dion, america does not want her

[skylight]

We dont want her either

[Traction Issuez]

keep her in vagas or where ever that poutien swilling pig is right now.

[2002 WRX Spec B]

musicians make millions on tours and live concerts.. they should be happy... ill always get my music for free..... after all it is legal in canada to download music... actually up here pretty much everything is legal except gun ownership (hahaha traction)

[Traction Issuez]

fukk gun control. and fuk you for bringing it up.

[2002 WRX Spec B]

Originally Posted by Traction Issuez

fukk gun control. and fuk you for bringing it up.

im by opinion no need for guns.. if i was the prime minister i'd allow paintball guns though... its a fair deal:thumpup:

[robz95xj]

musitians dont make shit compared to the record excectutives

[Traction Issuez]

i'd frezze the paintballs and still fuk you up, tree huggin hippy fagot from gun control hell.............. rant off.lol

[2002 WRX Spec B]

Originally Posted by Traction Issuez

i'd frezze the paintballs and still fuk you up, tree huggin hippy fagot from gun control hell.............. rant off.lol

hahaha ya im a huge tree hugger flying planes that burn 60 litres an hour (around) and my car gets max 300 km to a tank:thumpup:

[GTSAdam]

Originally Posted by shaggy

Canada should take back Celion Dion, america does not want her

No one does - she is a ****ing idiot

Originally Posted by TREMEK

When they're not growing weed, playing hockey, or having gay marriages,

Brilliant call