The proposed levy increase is open to public comments until May 8. Go to the Copyright Board website and send them an email. Let them know that you think $0.59 per CD (which right now only costs about $0.80 to begin with) is too damned much. Explain why the mini-hdd levy is a bad idea. It likely won't work (proposals like this are a foregone conclusion in this corporate-owned world), but at least you're opinion will be on record. Maybe if there are enough such opinions, those political types might start to pay at least some attention to use little consumers when making these decisions in the future.
Then again, if you come to canada then you end up paying the RIAA for all of the CDRs you purchase, so maybe there's another country to move to?
Maybe Bosnia, but that's probably about it. Canada, the United States, and something like 30 other countries (can't remember the exact number off the top of my head) impose levies on blank audio media that goes straight to the music industry.
For most people, software is a tool. Most people aren't developers.
So? I'm not a mechanic, but I still expect my car to come equipped with an openable hood, just in case something goes wrong and I need to either attempt to figure out how to fix it, or at least take it to a shop -- any shop, not just the manufacturer themselves -- to be repaired.
The idea is to give the consumer the opportunity to poke around "under the hood". If they never do, that's fine. The point is, they can.
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Ah, who am I fooling? That'll never happen.
- There's no such thing as a "right to profit".
Maybe Bosnia, but that's probably about it. Canada, the United States, and something like 30 other countries (can't remember the exact number off the top of my head) impose levies on blank audio media that goes straight to the music industry.
- There is no such thing as a "right to profit".
So? I'm not a mechanic, but I still expect my car to come equipped with an openable hood, just in case something goes wrong and I need to either attempt to figure out how to fix it, or at least take it to a shop -- any shop, not just the manufacturer themselves -- to be repaired.
The idea is to give the consumer the opportunity to poke around "under the hood". If they never do, that's fine. The point is, they can.