daveb
insert clever quip about ubiquity here
Canadian Copyright stole my $$ · Dec 17, 09:15 am
when i bought my iPod a year ago i had to pay an extra $25. the Copyright Board of Canada did some math, figured out how many tracks i was going to steal, and decided $25 was a fair recompense to artists for stolen music.
a nice, trusting introduction into the world of online music: you’re going to steal – we know it – so we’re yanking back from you first.
Canada’s Copyright Act gives the federal board the authority to apply levies on blank media such as compact discs and audio cassettes. But the wording of the act has not kept up with the new technology of MP3 players, represented by the wildly popular iPod, which use an embedded memory rather than discs or cassettes, to store digital copies of songs.“As desirable as bringing such devices within the ambit of [the Act] might seem, the authority for doing so still has to be found in the Act,” Judge Noël said in his decision.
i’m certainly aware that mp3 players are often used by the forces of evil rather than good, but a blanket tax that’s never been distributed to artists is not a good solution.
good riddance.
now how do i get my $25 back?
read the Globe and Mail article
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