Tiny Mix Tapes alerted us to the saga of pissy Canadian businessman/Green Party apparatchik Wayne Crookes, who sued some blogs—including file-trading happy site p2pnet—for saying some mean things about him. Unlike the other blogs that were sued by Crookes, p2pnet didn't publish its nasty remarks; it only linked to allegedly defamatory material written by others. But Crookes was still, shall we say, displeased. The Canadian Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling (at least for Canada), said that linking to defamatory content is not the same as publishing defamatory content, and subsequently dismissed the case against p2pnet.
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I don't really want to listen to the music, and I'm not heading to Winnipeg to catch the tour, but this week solidified my adoration for Canadian Idol. Case in point: Americans had to suffer through Andrew Lloyd Webber week, while our Canadian counterparts were treated to the emotional core of popular music—dead people. Sure, the producers fancied up the proceedings by calling the theme of last night's episode "Rock and Roll Heaven," but a week dedicated to musicians who have nothing in common besides the fact that they're no longer alive still reaches new heights of tasteless spectacle. Well played, Canadians.
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Latest by sydbarrett05: Aw...I stand accused...(cue up music!)
Sorry...just that I too have a deep hatred for Canadian Idol that indeed has severed my irony and humor button!!!!
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The number of No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by Canadians who aren't Céline Dion, Bryan Adams, or Nelly Furtado is smaller than you might think, especially since some of the aforementioned artists' songs had such deathless runs on the pop charts. (Those successes even overshadowed their own work; for example, I forgot that Adams' Sting/Rod Stewart collaboration was also a chart-topping hit.) So let's take a second to celebrate chart-topping Canadian content like Alannah Myles' "Black Velvet," which hit the Hot 100's top spot in March 1990 and was followed by, um, nothing else. (Myles' previous single, the Alanis-prototype "Love Is," actually hit No. 36 on the chart. Speaking of the former You Can't Do That On Television star, "You Oughta Know" only peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100, although it did top the Modern Rock charts from July 22 to Aug. 19, 1995.)
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Canada, a nation unafraid to honor its cultural icons while they're still living, is rolling out a series of stamps honoring the most famously banal of their musical acts—Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Anka, Anne Murray, and (somewhat strangely) Joni Mitchell. While I have the same sentimental nostalgia for "Danny's Song" as anyone, did the Canadian Post Office miss the boat with their choices?
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Finally, Canadians Can Ignore The Zune, Too
In news that will no doubt please that Zune tattoo guy, Canadians will have the opportunity to purchase themselves a Zune as of June 13, in three different sizes and several different colors. Microsoft Canada spokespeople promoted the Zune's community features and the fact that it's not an iPod; early reports that the Canadian Zune would require 60% of music uploaded to it to be Canadian in origin were not immediately confirmed, nor were the rumors of the highly anticipated Tragically Hip-branded version. [The Canadian Press]
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Tiny Mix Tapes alerted us to the saga of pissy Canadian businessman/Green Party apparatchik Wayne Crookes, who sued some blogs—including file-trading happy site p2pnet—for saying some mean things about him. Unlike the other blogs that were sued by Crookes, p2pnet didn't publish its nasty remarks; it only linked to allegedly defamatory material written by others. But Crookes was still, shall we say, displeased. The Canadian Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling (at least for Canada), said that linking to defamatory content is not the same as publishing defamatory content, and subsequently dismissed the case against p2pnet.
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In news that will no doubt please 