The music labels want the feds to draft a law urging U.S.-style copyright laws in Canada to halt music piracy. Canadian artists have formed a coalition protesting this. Isn't it about time to listen to those who make the music rather than the profiteers?
ref: Canadian Artists Protest Labels' Piracy Plan
and Canadian Music Creators Coalition Gets Busy

And in other news, Apple manages to secure their 99¢/song pricing model after months of wrangling with labels.

All these issues do nothing enforce the picture painted of the labels/industry as controlling, greedy, grasping ticks growing fat on the back of the artist and the consumer. Well, that's just business I guess. I heard somewhere that the artist's cut of CD sales is paltry. I think personally I'd rather download the music off an artist's site and pay them the $10 directly.