Copyright Board sets 8.8% as royalty rate for permanent downloads of online music

OTTAWA – The Canadian Copyright Board has ruled that 8.8% of the price of a song that is permanently downloaded must go back to the copyright holders. It also set a minimum fee of 4.5 cents per file in a bundle and 5.9 cents per permanent music download in all other cases. In its March 16 decision on royalties for online music services for the years 2005 to 2007 (to be paid retroactively), the board set rates of 5.9% of the month’s subscription price for limited music downloads that require an online subscription and 4.6% for on-demand streaming music. The...