The tables are turning. After decades of crying foul in the form of copyright infringement on consumers, Canada’s major record labels find themselves under the same charge.

Its all about compilation albums. Because of a loop-hole in Canadian copyright law, record labels would compile, manufacture and sell recorded music without acquiring the necessary licenses and without paying any royalties. Instead, the labels would simply compile a list stating that permission and payment was ‘pending’ and move ahead as they wished.

The problem of course is why would they pay for something they can have/use for free? Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?

And the tension grows…….

Geist: Record industry faces liability over ‘infringement’

Payment pending; Canadian recording industry set for six billion penalties?