Artists revolt against CRIA policies

[tdan]

The music recording industry will no longer be able to present the united front it claimed to have on copyright issues, after a group of prominent musicians and singers this morning announced an association whose philosophy is at odds with the Canadian Recording Industry Association.

Full Article... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060426.gtmusicapr26/BNStory/Technology/home

[bendixG15]

There is hope.....in Canada

[lordsmurf]

Fairly significant members too, unlike normal protest groups.

The new group's membership includes the Barenaked Ladies, Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk, Sum 41, Stars, Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace), Dave Bidini (Rheostatics), Billy Talent, John K. Samson (Weakerthans), Broken Social Scene, Sloan, Andrew Cash and Bob Wiseman (co-founder of Blue Rodeo).

That alone gives it a better chance to succeed.

This part of the article was great:

the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, one of the world's most draconian pieces of intellectual-property law.

[ROF]

The Pollara study concluded that Internet downloading constitutes less than a third of the music on downloaders' computers, that downloaders use the downloaded versions as a sample before they decide to buy the music, and that the largest downloader demographic is also the largest music-buying demographic.

Downloaders have been saying this for years. Most artists could never reach even half their target audience without downloaded versions appearing on P2P networks. It's amazing that more studies haven't concluded this.