My part of the debate doesn't involve me thinking the net should be free from all controls. I think the controls should be applied more sensibly than SOCAN's proposing though.

If you think collecting royalties from Canadian ISPs instead of collecting them from distibutors makes more sense, consider that it only affects Canadians. What happens when non-Canadians download music from Canadian sites? I'm in the U.S. and wouldn't pay the higher ISP rates. Does this mean that Canadian artists' music earns no royalties from people outside Canada?