Apparently blind to the irony
The Globe and Mail carried an article called “Changing Canada’s tune on copyright law” giving Toronto jazz singer Sophie Milman an outlet to argue in favour of tougher copyright laws in Canada. The article hits all of the usual themes.
The standard false dichotomy:
It’s a long-running debate, pitting artists, record companies and the like against a new class of Internet companies and consumers who keep finding ways to download copyrighted music without paying.
The standard Canada-as-backwater:
“We are lagging behind, no question about that. Fairly or not, Canada is constantly being placed on intellectual property watch lists as being a piracy haven”
The funniest part is the opening. Sophie Milman, arguing in favour of stronger protections, has this conversation immediately after playing someone else’s song:
The impromptu midday jam session in a deserted corridor of Toronto’s Royal York Hotel was arranged for the benefit of a Globe and Mail photographer, who snaps away as the couple launch into a bouncy version of My Baby Just Cares for Me, made popular by Nina Simone.
Hopefully she paid up.