IV – Notes

  1. IFPI, 2006 Global Recording Industry in Numbers.
    IFPI's 2005 figures are based on the trade rather than the retail prices of recorded music product, a move designed to increase reporting accuracy. Figures from 2004 onwards include digital downloads.

  2. Numbers in this profile may be off slightly due to rounding.

  3. IFPI, p. 24.

  4. Nielsen SoundScan 2005 Year End Sales – Top 100 chart (Mass Merch and Retail). Canadian Heritage determines the nationality and linguistic profile of artists.

  5. Nielsen SoundScan Canada – MarketWatch Week 52, 2006.

  6. Nielsen SoundScan Canada – MarketWatch Week 52, 2006. Nielsen digital sales figures include results from three Canadian online vendors: Puretracks, iTunes and Napster. Please note that Zik.ca is not tracked by SoundScan. Digital download sales data is less reliable prior to 2005.

  7. Napster users can keep digital tracks on their computer as long as they maintain a subscription to the service.

  8. Nielsen SoundScan 2005 Year End Sales. The top 100 online albums represent around 29% of all digital album sales.

  9. Music & Copyright magazine. Issue 313. February 1, 2006. p. 11.

  10. Value in pirate music prices.

  11. IFPI, pg. 9.

  12. CRTC Telecommunications Monitoring Report, July 2006, p. 51.

  13. CRTC, p. iv.

  14. IFPI, p. 11.

  15. Music downloads to mobile phones are primarily offered through legitimate services that require payment before the file is transferred.

  16. The Top 2000 represents 69.5% of total sales reported by Nielsen SoundScan. Canadian Heritage determines the nationality and linguistic profile of artists in the Top 2000.

  17. Top 2000 sales are comprised of LPs, Cassettes, CDs, DVDs and digital downloads.

  18. Source: The Canadian Music Industry Database (CMID) and la Société de gestion collective des droits des producteurs de phonogrammes et de vidéogrammes du Québec (SOPROQ). Part of the increase in CMID numbers may be due to the improvements by CMID in tracking methods.

  19. Canadian Film and Music Opinion Study, Decima Research, p. 68

  20. Decima, p. 72.

  21. Decima, p. 82.

  22. "Downloading for free" includes both illegal downloads off peer-to-peer networks, as well as tracks given away legitimately by artists and record companies on the Web.

  23. Decima, p. 86.

  24. The Canadian Music Industry: 2004 Economic Profile, p. 19. Figures may not add up precisely due to rounding.

  25. Decima, p. 86.

  26. The Statistics Canada 2003 Sound Recording Survey was sent to 700 companies, with 300 responding, compared with 331 respondents in 2000. The 2003 survey was released on October 26, 2005.

  27. While total industry “Profits Before Tax” increased steadily from 1991 to 1998 and the industry profit margin in 1998 was 14.3%, 2000 saw profits drop 16% to $157.6 million, and the profit margin fall to 11.9%. This can largely be attributed to an increase in interest payments made by foreign-controlled companies, which surged from $2.6 million in 1998 to an unprecedented $75.3 million in 2000.

  28. Figures provided by SOCAN. Distribution figures exclude any special cable arrears, pay audio arrears, cable overhead rates and private copy distributions. Differences in numbers between the annual economic profiles may be due to inclusion or exclusion of arrears.

  29. Figures from Financial Highlights section of CPCC web site, http://cpcc.ca/english/finHighlights.htm (Accessed March 17, 2007).

  30. A Statistical Profile of the Canadian Music Publishing Industry, Paul Audley & Associates Ltd. and Circum Network Inc., 2005.

  31. A Statistical Profile of the Canadian Music Publishing Industry, Paul Audley & Associates Ltd. and Circum Network Inc., 2005.

  32. A Statistical Profile of the Canadian Music Publishing Industry, Paul Audley & Associates Ltd. and Circum Network Inc., 2005.

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