The digital market for music has never been so competitive.
Online music services such as Pandora and Slacker are quickly
gaining users and – less quickly – expanding
into new markets worldwide. Part of the reason for the gradual
expansion of such services is the need to clear copyright
jurisdiction by jurisdiction.
In Canada, the Copyright Board of Canada sets certain licences,
known as tariffs, for online music services. Various Canadian
copyright collective societies have filed tariff proposals with the
Board to revise these licences for 2012 and 2013. They seek
significant royalty increases: in some cases, more than doubling
the current rates.
The following is an overview of key proposed changes to the
existing tariffs.
