stick it to the Canadians.

[dancingleaf]

well eMusic has officially decided to screw over their Canadian subscribers.

I had hoped it wasn't true...since I pay my subscription in US dollars with a US credit card but nope.

I will now be billed an EXTRA $2 a month - supposedly to pay for the "copyright tarriffs established by Canadian law"

really? but my artists are all mostly out of Egypt or the Middle East or the US.  I could understand it - if it applied to Canadian artists - but ... no.  It seems as if I get to pay for the rest of the world to have access to Canadian artists on the eMusic website.

Doesn't it seem like something is wrong with this picture?  Or maybe you can just explain it to me in a way that I can stop being pissed off about this.

Why was it okay for me to subscribe previously but all of a sudden as of MAY 1, I have to pay an additional $2 a month.

Comments

[kelsey-lynne1.livejournal.com]

That's bullshit. I hope people send in lots of complaints!

[dancingleaf.livejournal.com]

they tried but... honestly the Canadian gov't does impose these tarrifs in order to promote & protect Canadian artists.
Used to be all our radio stations had Canadian Content laws - % of the music played had to be Canadian artists. I don't know if they do anymore.

so we grumble and pay it. :(