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I meant to post about this before, but got caught up in that little project of mine … anyway, a bunch of musicians left the CRIA over copyright issues, and started the wonderful Canadian Music Creators Coalition. Some high-profile folks in there, including the Barenaked Ladies, Feist, Avril Lavigne, and Dave Bidini of what remains one of my all-time favourite bands:Rheostatics. More to come presumably. Idea: CRIA and industry-friendly anti-piracy doesn’t help the artists, but hurts them. Here’s their statement of principles:

1. Suing Our Fans is Destructive and Hypocritical
2. Digital Locks are Risky and Counterproductive
3. Cultural Policy Should Support Actual Canadian Artists

Anyway, we hope to see more exciting stuff like this.

In other news, I’ve been in touch with Justin again recently, and would like to spend little time on publicbroadcasting.ca, which I think could develop into a very important project: a true people-powered public broadcaster that uses (rather than shuns) the internet to connect Canadians.

But first, I must spend some time on the very-neglected LibriVox.org - which is moving swimmingly without much help from me, but there are some things I should help clean up including a bunch of recordings I owe!