Canadian Music Industry Wants Royalties on Net Usage

Posted by michael on Thursday November 27, 2003 @08:59PM from the greed-kills dept.

Dr. Zoidburg writes "Apparently Internet music and movie sharing in Canada has gained enough popularity to turn the heads of the music and movie industry. CTV has a report about a Canadian organization named SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada) that will "ask the Supreme Court of Canada next week to force Internet service providers to pay them royalties for the millions of digital music files downloaded each year by Canadians". Says the president of the Canadian Association of Internet Providers, "Consumers could very well see an increase in their Internet costs and they could see a slowdown in the transmission speed of their Internet communications"."

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MICHAEL SIMS CONSUMES HIS OWN FECES by Anonymous Coward · 2003-11-27 21:03 · Score: -1, Troll

Its True, It's True!
Re:Boner by Anonymous Coward · 2003-11-27 21:03 · Score: -1, Troll

Yeah, maybe. But think about it for a second - you're talking about a rather odd requirement. You claim to need the erect penis of a black man anally inserted .. and then manipulated so it produces semen.

Think about it .. is that really what you want?
Re:Blame Canada by Anonymous Coward · 2003-11-27 21:54 · Score: -1, Troll

Shut up you fuckin hoser.