Notes

1  Music & Copyright, July 7, 2004. Informa Media Group.

28  Montreal Gazette,  At the digital crossroads: Quebec's

music industry has a good chance of weathering the storm

2  Nielsen SoundScan Top 200 lists.

battering the biz. Among its advantages: an independent,

3  Nielsen SoundScan Top 200 lists.

partnership model and a strong yet intimate star system ,

4  Millward Brown Goldfarb, Consumer Trendz, 2003.

D1, March 27, 2004.

5  SOCAN results, although other estimates put foreign

29  Millward Brown Goldfarb, Consumer Trendz, 2003.

royalties for Canadians at $72 million (see sect. III).

30  IFPI The Recording Industry in Numbers, 2003.

6  Nielsen SoundScan MarketWatch, September 19, 2004. 

31  Millward Brown Goldfarb, Consumer Trendz, 2003.

7  Pricewaterhouse Coopers, in Music & Copyright, July 21,

32  Ekos, Rethinking North American Integration, 2002.

2004. Informa Media Group.

33  Statistics Canada, Radio Listening data tables, July 2004.

8   Canadian Indie Labels Caught in Dispute Between HMV

34  CRIA Pollara, July 6, 2004.

and EMI,  May 22, 2004, www.cirpa.ca.

35  CRIA Pollara, July 6, 2004.

9  Music & Copyright, April 28, 2004. Informa Media Group.

36  Olberholzer and Strumpf, The Effect of File Sharing on

10  IFPI The Recording Industry in Numbers, 2004.

Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis, March 2004.

11  IFPI online music report 2004.

37  Canadian Inter@ctive Reid Report Music Downloading

12  Canadian Inter@ctive Reid Report Music Downloading

in Canada: Past, Present and Future A Special Feature,

in Canada: Past, Present and Future A Special Feature,

Spring 2004.

Spring 2004.

38  Solutions Research Group, June 24, 2004.

13 CRIA Pollara.

39  Canadian Inter@ctive Reid Report Music Downloading

14  Canadian Inter@ctive Reid Report Music Downloading

in Canada: Past, Present and Future A Special Feature,

in Canada: Past, Present and Future A Special Feature,

Spring 2004.

Spring 2004.

40   This decrease contrasts with the fact that the value of

15  Statistics Canada, Radio Listening data tables, July 2004.

global recorded music sales grew in current dollar terms

16  Music & Copyright, July 7, 2004. Informa Media Group.

by almost $3B to just over $32B. However, this was due

entirely to the weakness of the US dollar against the other

17  Music & Copyright, July 21, 2004. Informa Media Group.

major currencies.  Music & Copyright, April 28, 2004.

18  CRIA data sheet, July 2004. 

Informa Media Group.

19  Music & Copyright, July 7, 2004. Informa Media Group.

41  Music & Copyright, July 21, 2004. Informa Media Group.

20  Music & Copyright, July 7, 2004. Informa Media Group.

42   Study: Global CD Piracy Trade Tops $4.5 billion,  by

21  Nielsen SoundScan MarketWatch, September 19, 2004.

Bernhard Warner, Reuters, July 22, 2004.

22  Music & Copyright, July 21, 2004. Informa Media Group.

43  Music & Copyright, April 28, 2004. Informa Media Group.

23 Nielsen SoundScan.

44 CRIA, July 2004.

24 Nielsen SoundScan.

45  Applaud! Magazine, July/August 2004.

25 Statistics Canada, Book Publishers and Exclusive Agents,

46  In the US, 500,000 units sold earns a gold record, while

2000 2001. Catalogue No. 87F0004XDB.

one million units sold earns platinum. UK certifications

26  Based on Statistics Canada data from 2000. More recent

include silver (60,000), gold (100,000) and platinum

statistics on market share that give independents closer to

(300,000). French certifications are the same but include

20% typically include the 11 foreign owned independents

diamond (one million).

operating in Canada.

47 http://www.actra.ca/actra/control/nr_faq

27  Profile of the Sound Recording Industry in Canada,

Nordicity Group, 2004.