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Canada's Supreme Court Strikes Down Copyright Fees On Music, Video

Posted by timothy on from the yes-but-can-you-get-good-barbecue? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Quick submission for all us Canadians: looks like the Supreme Court finally decided to rule on various copyright issues. No more fees to 'preview' a song. Another of these rule changes could save our schools a lot of money: no more fees required to photocopy material for students."

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  1. Good For You, Canadians by CanHasDIY · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mind if we borrow your Justices? Ours seem to be malfunctioning...

    Signed,
    Americans

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    1. Re:Good For You, Canadians by game+kid · · Score: 4, Funny

      Word. The article is good, but lacks details on the Justices' favorite type of cookies and how best to mail some to them.

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  2. Re:Seriously? by wierd_w · · Score: 5, Funny

    [Sarcasm] you don't seem to understand! The *studio* that made the movie got permission to use that track, but the *theatre* that wants to play the movie wasn't involved in the contract process! The theatre wants to get free performance rights to some poor artist's work! How dare you call our attempts at seeking reimbursement for flagrant distribution of our client's works 'double dipping' and other pejorative terms! [/sarcasm]

    This is what happens when you let lawyers run free and wild, and let them take everyone for a ride.

    Seriously.

  3. Time to invade Canada! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    They have obviously become a socalist country. We need to get them before they get us! Fight over there to keep from fighting over here!