Appetite For Destruction

Canadians with home Internet access are far more likely to have used a peer-to-peer network (25%) than a paid service (9%) to download a music or movie file. [...] for each one of these artists, there are thousands more creators (musicians, songwriters, inventors, software designers, authors, film p...

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Published inBillboard Vol. 118; no. 20; p. 4
Main Author Henderson, Graham
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York P-MRC 20.05.2006
Subjects
Billboards
Canadians
Careers
Copyright
Digital music
Intellectual property
Internet access
Music industry
Musicians & conductors
Peer to peer computing
Property rights
Recording industry
Sales
Software
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Summary:Canadians with home Internet access are far more likely to have used a peer-to-peer network (25%) than a paid service (9%) to download a music or movie file. [...] for each one of these artists, there are thousands more creators (musicians, songwriters, inventors, software designers, authors, film producers and so on) who want to earn a living from the sale of their intellectual property. The U.S. State Department has maintained Canada on the Special 301 Watch List, a list of countries with egregious track records in protecting intellectual property rights.
ISSN:0006-2510