opaqueice Wrote: > The tax might be on blank media This is already done in Canada. My understanding is that this is on blank cassettes (remember those? :-) ), blank CDs, blank DVDs and flash media (SD, CF, etc.)
It's not on hard drives. I keep hearing how "hated" the tax is by consumers. Interestingly, it seems to mostly be retailers spreading this info - there are petition sign-up pages at many retailers' sites. But it must not be all that bad if I can get 50 CD-Rs for $9.99...As a consumer I can't say that I see it or that it bothers me much. This is part of the reason of the rather lackadaisical attitude (compared to the near-religious fervor in the U.S.) of the Canadian government toward copying - it's already built into the price of blank media. There is a push on to tighten this up, but interestingly the artists are pushing back as I posted earlier in this thread. Of course the worst-case scenario here would be if the tax is kept yet the laws are tightened up at the same time. Wouldn't surprise me, but it really should be one or the other. All this goes to support the artists, and from what I can tell there seems to be sufficient legislation and governmental support. A minimum quantity of radio play needs to be Canadian artist content. The industry here seems healthy to me and generates music I actually want to hear. Of course the lobby groups are whining that sales are down due to "piracy" but there are ulterior motives for such statements as we've seen in the U.S. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23869 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
