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Canadian Music Industry Calls For Internet Regulation, Website Blocking

Posted by Unknown on from the copyright-trumps-human-rights dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Canadian law professor Michael Geist reports that the Canadian arm of the RIAA is calling for new Internet regulation, including website blocking and search result manipulation. While the Canadian music industry experienced increased digital sales last year (sales declined in the U.S.) and the Ontario government is handing out tens of millions of tax dollars to the industry, the industry now wants the government to step in with website blocking and ordering search companies to change their results to focus on iTunes and other sales sites."

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  1. Drowns CRIA in poutine. by Chas · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, basically a gun to people's heads while the other hand rifles through their pockets.

    Greed. The one thing that's in truly infinite supply.

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  2. Good luck with that by sandbagger · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They get a tax subsidy in Canada, new copyright legislation protecting broken-in-principle DRM and now they want search engines -- which make more money than them -- to be subservient to their industry. Wonderful.

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    1. Re:Good luck with that by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Insightful

      No one is buying blank cassette tapes or CD-ROM/DVD's anymore. Waaaaa we need more money!

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  3. Re:Those canucks are really pissing me off now by TWiTfan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now you know how U.S. Americans feel when everyone lumps us all together, as if we're all cool with the corporatist pricks who get elected these days.

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