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Canada Upsets the American Music Industry for the second time in 110 Years

By Tom Koltai

(Our previous article was the first upset.)   This time, Canadians have made the top ten list of countries that are “out to get” the content industries.   They share this dubious honour with the following countries. Priority Watch List (Links retrieve country specific pdf reports.)         Argentina         Canada         Chile         Costa Rica [...]

Copyright, Trademark or Legalised Piracy?

By Tom Koltai

In 1994, I wanted to place an entry in the Phone Book to give me an advantage over my “soon to be competition”.   I tried to register “Internet Australia Pty. Ltd.”  as a company name. Quite rightly, ASIC refused my attempt at registering a “generic” name.   I succeeded in my efforts by registering [...]

The Internet starts to payoff for big music.

By Tom Koltai

It seems the Big studios have finally recognised the value of YouTube as an identifier of valuable new talent.   After all it isn’t every day that someone can show casting agents and producers a “pre-approved” Showreel. Pre-approved? Well, viewed, by millions; thereby suggesting “Star Quality in relation to the actors, performers and possibly “No.1 [...]

RIAA inadvertently Creates New Compilation Album, the Tenenbaum Collection

By Tom Koltai

“D” was something to be feared when I was a lad; especially if it was written in red on the top right corner of a homework assignment when it came back from “marking”.   The recent Joel Tenenbaum case in the USA may have backfired in a bigger way than any previous litigation activity undertaken [...]

The War between the RIAA and The Rest of the World

By Tom Koltai

War throughout the ages has been traditionally declared for the acquisition by one sovereign state (or Warlord) of another’s (sovereign state or Warlords') possessions. The legitimacy of the process is provided for by the Charters and Constitutions of nearly all of the World Governments.Censorship, introduced by those Governments has traditionally been in force to prevent [...]