Here's an interesting article on a law suit between the Estate of Chet Baker v. Sony BMG Music et al. Sony BMG is accused of using Baker's music and not paying copyright royalties. There is also a proposal for a class action suit, representing other artists, for the same infringement.

http://www.lawyersweekly.ca/index.ph...articleid=1077

There's lot of interesting items in this article aside from the original accusations, including the recording industry's proposed tax on MP3 players. They claim that an MP3 player should be included as the same type of media as an audio cassette or CDR (which include a royalty built into their price in Canada). Personally, I see an MP3 player as being like a turntable or CD player. It's the means to play the media, not the media itself. But it'll be up to the courts to make that decision.