Does anyone know about this legislation? The first part of it (the tape levy) sounds like an adaptation from the Audio Home Recording Act, but the second part sounds like a Performance Right for musicians! A Nexis search didn't turn up anything.
RECORDING COPYRIGHT POLICY CHANGES
Canada's government will announce changes to the Copyright Act before
Christmas that could pump about $50-million annually into recording
industry coffers. Some of the money will come from a new levy of about
25 cents on blank audio cassettes to compensate for lost royalties
through consumer copying. Broadcasters will also be paying millions of
dollars to performers of recorded music (currently only composers are
compensated). (Ottawa Citizen 12/17/94 A1)
Happy Holidays!
scott fedewa
stanford law school
<fedewacs[_at_]leland.stanford.edu>
Received on Thu Dec 22 1994 - 01:36:11 GMT
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