Musician Lobby Terms Balanced Copyright "Disgusting"

An anonymous reader writes "While most of the attention at Thursday's Canadian copyright town hall was on the recording industry's strategy to pack the room and exclude alternate voices, the most controversial activity took place outside the hall. It has now been revealed that security guards threatened students and a Member of Parliament for distributing leaflets, and the American Federation of Musicians termed the MP's leaflet, which called for balanced copyright, 'disgusting' and demanded a retraction and apology. At this point, such an admission seems unlikely."

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"Direct Access to this location is not allowed."

[macraig]

What's up with Michael Geist's site? The message in the title appears whenever I try to visit either the direct link or even his root domain. Has Geist been silenced? Is there a conspiracy afoot here? *Doffs tinfoil hat*

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[tepples]

My point is that if your music director had stuck to public domain music, nobody would have to waste lawyers' billable hours on the eternal battlefield that is fair use.