From TFA:
"The poll, it said, suggests 80 per cent of Canadians who make private copies of recorded music would consider a levy of 30 cents on each CD-R and CD-RW they buy to be 'fair'.
The poll is also said to indicate 79 per cent of Canadians who make private copies said a levy of $40 on a 30 GB iPod, or similar device, would be 'fair and reasonable'."
I would love to see the wording of this poll... it must have been something like: "Do you think that people who are illegally downloading music should pay a percentage of the cost of the digital medium upon which it is stored which would go towards the artists from whom they stole?"
I can't see how any Canadian would vote yes for any such levy unless the poll was very misleading.
And if selling that spaghetti sauce was your sole source of revenue? And now your recipe was published all over the Internet for any idiot to use?
Maybe this is a bad example, and I certainly have no love for the RIAA, however, this BS about 'it's just copyright infringement and nobody's losing' is just that - BS.
If you don't like their business model, then don't buy their products. Don't go making end runs around it and then justify your actions with semantics.
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Perhaps someone should quote some Jefferson to Bush...
From TFA: "The poll, it said, suggests 80 per cent of Canadians who make private copies of recorded music would consider a levy of 30 cents on each CD-R and CD-RW they buy to be 'fair'. The poll is also said to indicate 79 per cent of Canadians who make private copies said a levy of $40 on a 30 GB iPod, or similar device, would be 'fair and reasonable'." I would love to see the wording of this poll... it must have been something like: "Do you think that people who are illegally downloading music should pay a percentage of the cost of the digital medium upon which it is stored which would go towards the artists from whom they stole?" I can't see how any Canadian would vote yes for any such levy unless the poll was very misleading.
And if selling that spaghetti sauce was your sole source of revenue? And now your recipe was published all over the Internet for any idiot to use? Maybe this is a bad example, and I certainly have no love for the RIAA, however, this BS about 'it's just copyright infringement and nobody's losing' is just that - BS. If you don't like their business model, then don't buy their products. Don't go making end runs around it and then justify your actions with semantics.