I still think we are going to far in Canada with the proposed changes.
It is madening to think that the reconding companies accept the proceeds of the blank CD tax and at the same time think that making a copy onto that blank CD in the fomat I choose is illegal.
Whether the media is used to back up a corporate server or make a disk with photos of my dog, blank CDs in Canada are sold with a levy the goes to the recording industry. As far as I am concerned, each time I buy a blank CD, I have bought every right to make as many copies as I wish. And if that requires circumventing a harware or software protection, I have that right.
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I still think we are going to far in Canada with the proposed changes. It is madening to think that the reconding companies accept the proceeds of the blank CD tax and at the same time think that making a copy onto that blank CD in the fomat I choose is illegal. Whether the media is used to back up a corporate server or make a disk with photos of my dog, blank CDs in Canada are sold with a levy the goes to the recording industry. As far as I am concerned, each time I buy a blank CD, I have bought every right to make as many copies as I wish. And if that requires circumventing a harware or software protection, I have that right.