The Copyright Board's October 18 release of the highly-criticized Internet tariff has already triggered the first round of legal appeals. Officially published in the Canada Gazette on Friday, Tariff 22.A allows the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) to collect 3.1% on the sale of each song downloaded from music sites such as iTunes or Puretracks.

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