http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/03/22/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:32:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/03/22/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-2121 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » From CRIA to RIA Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:22:59 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/03/22/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics/#comment-2121 [...] One other observation strikes me. Michael has - for ages now - been making the point that CRIA is essentially a Canadian front for foreign record labels. There is a certain amount of closure now to seeing the conflict between the interests of independent Canadian labels and the CRIA agenda - the conflict that Michael has for so long been commenting on and drawing attention to - finally break out into the policy arena, and to see it happen almost ostentatiously. It’s simply satisfying to see reality escape from the bubble of public relations, managed “news” and contrived CRIA surveys, and splash itself across the media. And of course, this news is a timely reminder, as the Government prepares new copyright legislation, of the importance of a made-in-Canada copyright law (another point that Michael has been persistently making for ages). Related Posts [...] [...] One other observation strikes me. Michael has – for ages now – been making the point that CRIA is essentially a Canadian front for foreign record labels. There is a certain amount of closure now to seeing the conflict between the interests of independent Canadian labels and the CRIA agenda – the conflict that Michael has for so long been commenting on and drawing attention to – finally break out into the policy arena, and to see it happen almost ostentatiously. It’s simply satisfying to see reality escape from the bubble of public relations, managed “news” and contrived CRIA surveys, and splash itself across the media. And of course, this news is a timely reminder, as the Government prepares new copyright legislation, of the importance of a made-in-Canada copyright law (another point that Michael has been persistently making for ages). Related Posts [...]

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