SOCAN's Tariff 22: The Ongoing Saga of Online Music Royalties

Map Branches

• Version 1.0 (1996 - 2004)
  • SOCAN Proposal (1996)
    • Musical works
    • Communication rights
    • Targeted intermediaries
  • Copyright Board of Canada (1999)
    • Carrying, caching & hosting
    • Fragmented packets
    • Communication to the public
    • Authorizing infringement
    • Servers = location of liability
  • Federal Court of Appeal (2002)
    • Standards of review
    • Caching not "necessary"
    • "Real & substantial connection"
  • Supreme Court of Canada (2004)
    • Extraterritorial application
    • Carriers, caches, hosts exempt
    • Notice-and-takedown?
• Version 2.0 (2005 - ????)
  • SOCAN Proposal (2005)
    • Online music services
    • Web/simulcasters
    • "Other sites"
  • Copyright Board of Canada "A" (2007)
    • C.S.I. reproduction tariff
    • Communication too?
    • Previews are fair dealing
    • Royalties = % of revenues
    • JR A-514-07 stayed
  • Copyright Board of Canada "B" - "G" (2008)
    • Radio stations' sites
    • Gaming sites
    • Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, etc.
    • Podcasters
  • Judicial Reviews and Appeas
    • Federal Court 2011
    • Supreme Court 2014

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