----- Original Message ----- From: Mishka Subject: Re: Re[2]: The old digital/film debate
> You think so? really? No, I was being sardonic. This is a tax on digital storage media that will be directed towards the music industry. It seems they are being hurt by people pirating their music. The problem is, people who don't pirate music, but use their CDs for data storage, backups and in our case, image files will be penalized as well. I am filing my concerns, but the Canadian government has a bad habit of taxing first, asking questions later, and not listening to the answers anyway. William Robb > I have actually went into all this trouble and read the document (at > least parts of it). Among other things, it proposes adding $0.69 to the > price of each CD. > Now, each CD can store quite a few (say, 69 as a for instance) digital > images. Do you really value your work at penny a photo? Seriously? > OTOH, you probably backing up your PC from time to time (and if you > don't, you should start doing it NOW!<g>). If you do it on CDs, that's > added $70 for 65GB (one medium sizd HDD). Now, who exactly wins? I am > not sure that I know either. > I think it's time to stop the chit-chat and run to the nearest Best Buy > to grab a couple of DVD-RW packs (or, CDR spindles) while it's cheap > <g> > > > I think the government of Canada is on the right track. The link > > pertains to the music industry, but could as easily apply to > > another lobby group, such as the PPAC. > > http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/tariffs/proposed/c09032002-b.pdf > > FWIW, for those in Canada, this tariff is set to go into effect > > fairly soon. Objectors must submit their case by May 8, 2002, > > and abide by the provisions set out on the first 6 or so pages > > of the document. > > Objection is futile, however. > > William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
