SOCAN pondering tariff ruling

TORONTO – After seeing a Copyright Board decision that would have meant millions in additional revenue to its members set aside by the Federal Court last week, SOCAN has not yet decided how it will respond. "We're still thinking about it," Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers of Canada general counsel Paul Spurgeon told Cartt.ca. SOCAN can do one of two things: Appeal last week's decision to the Supreme Court of Canada; or wait for the Copyright Board to reconsider its tariff ruling, as the Federal Court told it to. On October 19th, the Federal Court of Appeal granted the...