stupidity run amuck
Copyright board to charge for music at weddings, parades
The Canadian Press
Posted: Jun 1, 2012 9:33 AM ET
From
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/06/01/music-tariff-recorded-copyright-board.html
>Money can’t buy love — but if you want some great tunes playing at your >wedding, it’s going to cost you.
>The Copyright Board of Canada has certified new tariffs that apply to >recorded music used at live events including conventions, karaoke bars, ice >shows, fairs and, yes, weddings. The fees will be collected by a >not-for->profit called Re:Sound.
>The new tariffs apply to recorded music used at live events, including >conventions, karaoke bars, weddings and parades with floats playing >music.The new tariffs apply to recorded music used at live events, including >conventions, karaoke bars, weddings and parades with floats playing music. >(Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press)
>While the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada >(otherwise known as SOCAN) already collects money from many of these events >for the songwriters, Re:Sound will represent the record labels and >performers who contributed to the music.
Two words.. Screw you. This is so absolutely ridiculous and insanely stupid and in my humble opinion no better than a mafia shakedown.
Who is on this Copyright Board? Fire their asses.
The basic rationale.. music is bought once. Everyone gets paid. This simply forces you to pay and pay again.
Just say no!
One of the very few lawyers that I actually have respect for has been fighting for openness and fairness to consumer rights…
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/
I suspect there will be some comments on this shortly.