CANADIAN PRIVATE COPYING COLLECTIVE SOCIT CANADIENNE DE PERCEPTION DE LA COPIE PRIVE

150 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 403 Toronto, Ontario M4P 1E8 416 486 6832 1 800 892 7235 416 486 3064 [FAX] www.cpcc.ca

CPCC

For Immediate Release

June 21, 2011

CANADIAN PRIVATE COPYING COLLECTIVE (CPCC) SEES NO LEVY ON CLOUD-BASED MUSIC SERVICES
(Toronto) With Apple, Google and Amazon now offering consumers in the United States cloud based

storage and retrieval of music files, much is being written in Canadian publications and blogs about the prospects of similar services being offered in this country and related potential issues. Several articles and postings have speculated about what the CPCCs view might be on these matters, and specifically whether we would view this type of music storage and retrieval as appropriate for a tariff under the private copying levy provision in the Copyright Act. To clarify: The CPCC collects levies on blank audio recording media used by individuals to make copies of music for their personal use. Providers of cloud music services offer remote storage of and access to music files. Apples iMatch service in the U.S. (the only country where such a deal has been struck) was undertaken on the basis of license agreements with rights holders, specifically the major record labels. The CPCC views these services, and specifically the iMatch offering, as a matter of licensing between the rights holders and the cloud service providers, and not one of private copying. It is not our position that cloud-based music distribution systems should be subject to a private copying levy under the Copyright Act, and the CPCC will not seek to obtain levies for private copies of music made with cloud storage services. ABOUT CPCC Established in 1999, the CPCC is an umbrella organization whose member collectives represent songwriters, composers, music publishers, recording artists, musicians and record companies. The CPCC is the non-profit organization responsible for collecting and distributing private copying levies.
30Further information contact: Nadine Agbedetse CPCC/SCPCP 416.486.6832, ext. 221 1.800.892.7235 nagbedetse@cpcc.ca www.cpcc.ca