Supreme Court rules against industry copyright fees

The Supreme Court of Canada has reined in the application of copyright fees levied on music, video games and printed materials that Canadians use in different ways. The top court examined five different cases at once that touched on tariffs set by the Copyright Board. In one of the biggest cases, pitting ministers of education and school boards across the country against a body that collects royalty fees for publishers, the court sided with the educators. It found that the Copyright Board had incorrectly zeroed in on teachers who photocopied materials for their students rather tha ....