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A NEW VOICE: POLICY POSITIONS OF THE CANADIAN MUSIC CREATORS COALITION
APRIL 26, 2006
Debates about the way copyright law and cultural policy affects Canadian music have been dominated for a long time by a very small number of special-interest lobbyists. In the midst of the wrangling over the demands of powerful representatives of recording and music publishing companies, collective societies and the broadcasting industry, actual Canadian artists have been squeezed out of copyright discussions. Although some lobbyists purport to speak on behalf of artists, the voices of real people who actually make music - songwriters, composers, performers, musicians and the like - have been mostly neglected. This document marks the start of an effort to change that, by talking truthfully about Canadian artists’ wishes for the future of copyright law and cultural policy in Canada.
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