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Canadian Music Creators Coalition

Kim Siever — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:52:42 +0000

A new group of Canadian music artists have banded to protect Canadian music and their fans.

Members include Barenaked Ladies, Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk, Sum 41, Stars, Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace), Dave Bidini (Rheostatics), Billy Talent, John K. Samson (Weakerthans), Broken Social Scene, Sloan, Andrew Cash and Bob Wiseman (Co-founder Blue Rodeo).

The Montr?ɬ�al-based group had this to say in a policy paper released today:

Fans who share music are not thieves or pirates. Sharing music has been happening for decades. It is hypocritical for labels to sue fans for something that everyone in the music industry has done him or herself. New technologies may have changed the way that fans share music, but they have not changed the fact that sharing helps artists?��Ǩ�Ѣ careers.

Three Babies

Kim Siever — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 04:09:51 +0000

And it’s ’cause you’ve thrilled me
Silenced me
Stilled me
Proved things I never believed
The face on you
The smell of you
Will always be with me

Three Babies, Sin?ɬ�ad O’Connor

Edited Music

Kim Siever — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:29:31 +0000

Given that some comments in a previous post established that buying edited films is still supporting questionable material, can the same thing be said about edited music (or even films) that were downloaded over the Internet? Is it better morally to have downloaded-but-edited music (if one’s jurisdiction considers it legal) than to have purchased-but-edited music?

Only a Kiss

Kim Siever — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss

Mr Brightside, The Killers