CRIA objects to SOCAN tariff on ringtones, calls for new hearing in February 2005
Broadcast | August 6, 2004
The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) has joined with Bell Mobility, Telus Mobility and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association in opposing a proposed tariff on ringtones, Tariff 24 . The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) wants to impose a levy on ringtone suppliers covering the communication right associated with a musical reproduction for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 that CRIA describes as "excessive" and "unreasonable."
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