Saturday April 29, 2006

Canadian Music Creators Coalition

I have to applaud these musicians for realizing the same thing we have been saying for years. They have created the CMCC, a group that has some very alternative views from the record labels. Things like not suing your customers and on-demand music downloads are a couple key points. Hopefully this type of thought will catch on.

A group of popular Canadian musicians have established (PDF) the Canadian Music Creators Coalition (CMCC) in an effort to sway public policy in a direction that they believe is beneficial to consumers. Concerned by highly restrictive DRM technology and the escalation of lawsuits that target consumers, the CMCC wants to promote intellectual property law reforms that will prevent the recording industry from trampling on consumer rights: