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Canadian Music Industry Seeks Copy Tax On Memory Cards
An anonymous reader writes "The Canadian music industry's copyright collective is demanding
the creation of a new copying tax on all memory cards sold in
Canada. The Canadian Private Copying Collective has filed for a tax of
up to $3 per memory card to compensate for music copying on SD
cards. If approved, the tax could cost consumers millions of
dollars." Makes no less sense than the current levy exacted on blank CDs and audiotapes in Canada — and no more sense, either.
so once you have paid the copy tax you are free to copy as much music as you like?
Get legislation enacted to guarantee your revenue stream.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
No, in Canada this is the price we pay for "culture" industries being protected and coddled from reality.
There is no connection between this and music copying, at all. It's a cash grab. SD cards have as much to do with pirating music as video cards do.
-- "So they told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated." - Bill Gates
The RIAA is STEALING from independent artists, with this fair use tax. If a non-signed band uses CD-R's to record their music onto, they are paying a fair use tax.
The same people who claim we are stealing from bands by downloading music, are getting paid by bands who didn't sign any agreement with the RIAA or any record labels. Now WHO is stealing from bands...?
What's next, bailouts for record labels...?
-Myke