(Toronto) – The Federal Court of Appeal yesterday overturned the decision of the Copyright Board of Canada to hear evidence for a private copying levy on digital audio recorders for the years 2008 and 2009. Read more →

(Toronto) – The Copyright Board of Canada today issued an interim Private Copying Tariff for 2008. Under the interim tariff, the Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) will continue to collect private copying levies at the current rate until the Copyright Board issues a final decision in 2008. Read more →

(Toronto) – The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) announced today it has distributed over $100 million collected from the private copying levy to more than 88,000 music rights holders. This milestone has been reached in just four years of distributing the private copying levies. Read more →

(Toronto) – Today, the Copyright Board of Canada published the Private Copying Tariffs for 2005, 2006 and 2007. The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC), the organization responsible for collecting and distributing the private copying levies, has been working under interim tariffs for over two years. Read more →

(Toronto) – The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) has proposed a new Private Copying Tariff for 2008 and 2009. It was published today by the Copyright Board. The current private copying tariff expires on December 31, 2007.

Backgrounder on the Proposed Private Copying Tariff 2008-2009

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(Toronto) – The Copyright Board of Canada today issued an interim Private Copying Tariff for 2007. Under the interim tariff, the Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) will continue to collect private copying levies at the current rate until the Copyright Board issues a final decision in 2007. Read more →

(Toronto) — A recent nation-wide survey conducted by Environics Research Group found that 60% of Canadians aged 18 and older believe in the principle that music creators should be compensated for private copying of pre-recorded music. Read more →

(Toronto) The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) has received $787,143 plus interest from ASI Computer Technologies (Canada) Corp. (ASI), a Markham based computer product distributor, for two years of unpaid private copying levies. Read more →

(Toronto) On March 3, 2006 the Federal Court of Canada awarded a substantial penalty against a business that did not pay the private copying levy. Read more →

(Toronto) The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) filed its proposed tariff for 2007 with the Copyright Board of Canada on February 16. The proposed tariff would leave unchanged the current levies on blank audio recording media. Read more →