Nettwerk Music Group is an independent record label founded in 1984.
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64-429: A Mystery " and " I Will Remember You ", and winning two Grammy Awards . In 1994, Nettwerk switched its distribution from Capitol–EMI to Sony Music , later Sony BMG . Lilith Fair was initially McLachlan's idea; she was tired of the standard touring, and wanted to do something different, something inventive. Though McBride was resistant at first, he pushed forward, and they assembled a lineup that they then were told
96-648: A North American release for Coldplay 's debut album Parachutes , which was distributed by subsidiary Parlophone in the United Kingdom. This led Nettwerk to pick up the album and make it available in Canada and the United States. Nettwerk embraced new digital formats. McBride studied reports showing the sea change in fan preference, and realized that he'd rather cater to the growing MP3 culture rather than work against it. In 2005, Nettmusic became one of
128-846: A concept he called "collapsed copyright", set to revolve around a new business model that empowered artists themselves and not just the corporations. The premise allowed artists to release music under their own label (therefore retaining the intellectual property), marketed and promoted through Nettwerk. On June 9, 2010, Nettwerk announced that for its distribution and marketing in the United States, it would depart from Sony Music and its catalogue would now be distributed by WMG 's Alternative Distribution Alliance . In 2013, Nettwerk raised $ 10.25 million in equity financing to sign artists and purchase catalogs. In July 2016, Nettwerk sold its publishing catalog to KobaltInvestment Fund , an independent investment fund established in 2011. In September 2017, Nettwerk Records announced that The Ballroom Thieves joined
160-423: A dispute over Canadian content rules. They claimed the association was only protecting the interests of "the four major foreign multi-national labels", referring to EMI , Universal , Sony BMG , and Warner . Other points of contention include Music Canada's stance against the blank media tax , their support for digital locks on music, and positions against copyright reform. In 2007, a group of musicians formed
192-468: A third partner and managing director. Despite having an eclectic initial roster of artists, Nettwerk gained a reputation as an industrial dance label, an assumption bolstered by the label's roster of homegrown and licensed industrial acts including Skinny Puppy, Severed Heads , SPK , Manufacture, and Single Gun Theory . On this point, George Maniatis, one of the label's early promotion managers, stated: " ' Remission ' (Skinny Puppy's mini-album), which
224-475: Is the act of copying music for personal use from a noninfringing source, and is itself noninfringing.) In 2008, the operators of the isoHunt website filed a motion with the Supreme Court of British Columbia seeking a declaratory judgment affirming the legality of their operation. The motion was denied, and the court ruled a full trial was needed. This decision was appealed by the operators of isoHunt;
256-664: The Canadian Music Creators Coalition , claiming "legislative proposals that would facilitate lawsuits against our fans or increase the labels' control over the enjoyment of music are made not in our names, but on behalf of the labels' foreign parent companies." On 16 February 2004, Music Canada applied to the Federal Court to force five major Canadian Internet service providers – Shaw Communications Inc., Telus Corp., Rogers Cable , Bell Canada 's Sympatico service and Vidéotron – to release
288-503: The 10-member Canadian Record Manufacturer's Association, the association changed its name to Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) in 1972 and opened membership to other record industry companies. In 2006, a number of smaller labels resigned their memberships, complaining that the organization was not representing their interests. On 7 July 2011, the CRIA changed its name to Music Canada, and began offering special benefits to some of
320-626: The Nettwerk Europe imprint in exchange for Nettwerk licensing Front 242 in Canada; licensing Tackhead 's North American distribution rights from England's On-U Sound; and cross-licensing with Australia's Volition label which brought Severed Heads and Single Gun Theory to North America. Cross-licensing, including distribution through the majors (Capitol for Skinny Puppy and Atlantic for Moev), and respectable club chart performances (including singles by Manufacture, Severed Heads, and Moev) all contributed to significant visibility and growth for
352-458: The appeal was also denied. In late 2009, isoHunt filed a formal suit against Music Canada and the four "major" record labels seeking "declaratory relief to clarify its legal rights." Additionally, in October 2008, the four main members of Music Canada were sued by the estate of Chet Baker and several other artists for copyright infringement. The major claims in this lawsuit are as follows: As
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#1732772696750384-550: The charts, also earning the band a Grammy nomination and a Juno Award for Best Pop Album. They have since gone on to sell over 10 million albums. Nettwerk brought on Dido in 1999, as well as Sum 41 . Avril Lavigne was sixteen when she walked into the Nettwerk offices; Arista had sent her to McBride, hoping to figure out what to make of her. Though Lavigne would release her records through Arista, she continued with Nettwerk for her management. In 2000, EMI decided against
416-422: The digital downloads singles award was discontinued and the singles award consisted of sales numbers for digital downloads and physical singles alike. It also includes streams, where 150 on-demand audio streams from a subscription service equals 1 unit towards certification. Ringtone (singles) certifications and Music DVD certifications were retired on 1 April 2021. Nettwerk The Vancouver-based company
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480-570: The first major music companies to sell MP3s free of DRM ( digital rights management ), and supported the consumer case in the battle against the Recording Industry Association of America . Nettwerk has offered to pay the legal fees of a teenager in Texas who is being sued for downloading songs. At the same time, Nettwerk continued to focus on other new, innovative and both artist-and-fan friendly models. McBride conceived of
512-418: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CRIA&oldid=1216258028 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Music Canada Music Canada ( French : Musique Canada ) is a non-profit trade organization that
544-513: The label at the close of the 1980s. The label's reputation as a strictly electronic dance imprint would soon change. At a show in Halifax, McBride met nineteen-year-old singer-songwriter named Sarah McLachlan – he'd been introduced to her music through Jowett, and tried to recruit her to front Moev. Her parents initially rejected the idea, saying she was too young, but by then she had her moved out of her parents home and rented an apartment down
576-569: The leading independent labels and distributors. Music Canada is governed by a board of directors who are elected annually by association members. To be eligible for election a candidate for the board must be among the executive officers of the member companies. Patrick Rogers (formerly the Vice President, Corporate Affairs) was named Chief Executive Officer, effective 11 January 2021. Graham Henderson had been president from 15 November 2004 to 28 May 2020; Brian Robertson previously held
608-479: The names of 29 people accused of copyright infringement through peer-to-peer file sharing . In April 2005, Vidéotron indicated its willingness to supply customer information to Music Canada. On 31 March 2004, in the case of BMG v. John Doe , Justice Konrad von Finckenstein of the Federal Court of Canada ruled that making music available for download over the Internet was not equivalent to distribution and
640-562: The position from 1974. Music Canada is responsible for the distribution of ISRC registrant codes within Canada, and also works with the IFPI and RIAA to try to prevent copyright infringement of artists' work. Historically, Music Canada has represented all record labels in the country. However, some labels and other industry groups have publicly disagreed with Music Canada and stated that it no longer represents them. In 2006, six well-known "indie" labels including Nettwerk left Music Canada in
672-442: The standard punitive damages for each act of infringement is set at $ 20,000, and there are three hundred thousand works on the "pending lists", Music Canada could have faced punitive damages of a minimum of $ 6 billion. On 8 November 2011, the suit was settled out of court for over $ 45 million. Prior to 12 September 2016, Music Canada had different certification levels for physical singles and digital downloads singles. On that date,
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#1732772696750704-582: The street while in her first year of art school. McBride offered McLachlan a five-record deal, and she agreed, saying “Ok. Sure. Why not?" At this point, McBride and Jowett had moved Nettwerk into a new office, and McLachlan relocated to Vancouver to write, finishing her debut, Touch , in 1988. The first single, " Vox ", was a hit, and led to her signing a worldwide deal with Arista Records (Nettwerk retained her for Canada). She followed up with Solace in 1991 and Fumbling Towards Ecstasy in 1993. Surfacing in 1997 contained two hit singles: " Building
736-434: The very preliminary stages of this action, since they would require a consideration of the evidence as well as the law applicable to such evidence after it has been properly adduced, and could be damaging to the parties if a trial takes place." The Copyright Board of Canada earlier that year had included downloading music in the list of " private copying " activities for which tariffs on blank media applied. (Private copying
768-502: The year's Top 100 Tours. In 1998, Lilith Fair grossed just over $ 6 million and remained the top-grossing summer concert package tour of the season. Nettwerk then signed Barenaked Ladies , at the time viewed as a novelty act. After steady radio promotion, McBride booked the band for a show at City Hall Plaza in Boston to launch their album Stunt . The concert drew 80,000 fans, and the first single, " One Week ", reached number one on
800-432: Was "suicidal": Paula Cole , Aimee Mann , Patti Smith , Lisa Loeb and McLachlan to close. It was a success, and the next summer they launched a touring version; it grossed $ 16 million, a large portion of which was donated to women's charities. Founded by McLachlan, McBride, Nettwerk co-owner Dan Fraser and New York talent agent Marty Diamond , Lilith Fair was the top-grossing festival tour of 1997 and ranked 16th among
832-567: Was created by principals Terry McBride and Mark Jowett as a record label to distribute recordings by the band Moev , but the label expanded in Canada and internationally. Initially specializing in electronic music including alternative dance and industrial , the label expanded its roster to include pop , rock and numerous singer-songwriters in the late 1980s and 1990s. Early artists included Coldplay , Sarah McLachlan , and Barenaked Ladies . In 2023, Nettwerk recapitalized to invest in catalog acquisitions and artist investments. The label
864-835: Was founded 9 April 1963 in Toronto to represent the interests of companies that record, manufacture, produce, and distribute music in Canada . It also offers benefits to some of Canada's leading independent record labels and distributors. It was known as the Canadian Record Manufacturer's Association ( French : Association canadienne des fabricants de disques ) until 1972 and the Canadian Recording Industry Association ( CRIA ) ( French : Association de l'industrie canadienne de l'enregistrement ) until 2011. Originally formed as
896-605: Was named in Billboard’s Indie Power Players list in 2024. In 1984, Terry McBride and his friend Mark Jowett attended — and both dropped out of — the University of British Columbia. McBride had studied civil engineering while Jowett took classes in creative writing, theater and English. The two met at a house party where Jowett's electronic music band Moev was performing. Once out of college, McBride began managing Moev, for whom Jowett played guitar. Moev
928-458: Was one of our first releases, grabbed everybody by the you-know-whats... Because of it, everybody assumed we were just industrial dance. But we never set out in that direction — It's just that they hit first." Regardless of intent, the industrial dance and electronic genres proved lucrative and resulted in many international cross-licensing deals. Among them: Belgium's Play It Again Sam label running
960-403: Was signed to Go Records, a small San Francisco label that went bankrupt, leaving the band without distribution. They'd spend time at his small apartment with friends such as the members of the electro-industrial band Skinny Puppy , and soon he and Jowett starting putting out their records, along with Moev's and The Grapes of Wrath . McBride had previously started a label, Noetix, and though it
992-491: Was thus noninfringing. The Justice compared the peer-to-peer filesharing activities to "having a photocopier in a library room full of copyrighted material" and wrote that there was no evidence of unauthorized distribution presented. The Federal Court of Appeal upheld the lower courts ruling denying the disclosure of the customers' identities, but, in reference to "what would or would not constitute infringement of copyright", stated: "such conclusions should not have been made in
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1024-440: Was unsuccessful, he and Jowett were willing to give the record business another try. The company officially opened its doors in 1985. Their first release was The Grapes of Wrath's self-titled EP followed by their full-length, September Bowl of Green . It piqued the attention of Capitol Records , and paved the way for a distribution deal for the band and Nettwerk as a label in 1986. Also in 1986, Nettwerk brought on Ric Arboit as
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