CBC has a great show on TV these days that is essentially Canada's answer to the Jay Lenos and David Lettermans of the US late night TV scene - The Hour. Here's a clip from that show where two members of the band Barenaked Ladies (Steve Page and Ed Robertson), appeared and explained their position on DRM.Seems to require Windows Media Player 11.
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"CRIA is governed by a board of directors who are elected annually by CRIA members. To be eligible for election a candidate for the board must be among the chief executive officers of member companies of the organization."
The last thing these CEOs think about is music fans, because with them it is all about making mo’ money.
The "once they bought it, they should be able to do with it what they want to" concept expressed by Ed Robertson is anathema to the tenets of CRIA and the RIAA. BNL’s use of portable, cross-platform compatible Flash Drives to purvey their fab sounds to fans is a practice other fan-focused musicians south of the 49th are also doing.
I wish all you north of the border dwelling music lovers good luck with CRIA lobbying, Ottawa, and maintaining you current legal right to copy music for personal use.
In Toronto this summer, I watched re-runs of Royal Canadian Air Farce which I thought was quite funny!
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