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Canadian Music Industry Copyright Class Action Settled

Posted by Unknown on from the too-big-to-pirate dept.

limber writes "The largest Canadian copyright class action suit has been settled for $50 million. The offenders? The four labels comprising the Canadian Recording Industry Association — EMI, Sony Music, Universal Music, and Warner Music. Ahem." The terms of the settlement are a compromise — anyone with works on the pending list can receive compensation while the music industry is absolved of further liability. The two major Canadian licensing agencies (CMRRA and SODRAC) will be tasked with improving the licensing process to prevent future abuse.

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  1. Re:Love this ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The rest of us download a fucking Brittany Spears song and they want to sue us for eleventy trillion dollars.

    To be fair, you need to be punished for downloading Britney Spears. And for spelling her name wrong.

    And I need to be punished for knowing you spelled it wrong...

  2. Re:Love this ... by H0p313ss · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since this is a story about a Canadian lawsuit, by Canadian Content rules since this joke should be about Celene Dion or Avril Lavigne.

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  3. An open letter to Canada by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dear Canada,

          Please stop ending acronyms with an A. It's confusing. We don't know whether you're saying CMRReh, or whether its real name is CMRRA.

    And no, saying CMRRAeh doesn't help. There might, for all we know (not that we care - Ed) be a CMRRAA.

    Put it another way, how can you distinguish these guys from these guys?

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