A Federal Court hearing has been set for Sept. 3 for the case in which Canada’s major wireless carriers are trying to retrieve $12 million back from the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) in relation to tariffs paid for downloaded ringtones between 2006 and 2012.
The Supreme Court of Canada says Canada’s Copyright Act “does not exist solely for the benefit of authors,” in a decision in which it found that the Copyright Board erred in its interpretation...
The Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is suing Quebecor Inc. for $1.44 million the group says it is owed in unpaid royalties for three months in 2018. In a...
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez is expected to introduce news compensation legislation in early 2022, after he was directed to do so by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his mandate...
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