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Canadian Copyright Board Refuses Request to Hike CDR Tariffs
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posted by scubacuda
on Sunday December 14, @12:00PM
from the but-there's-no-tax-on-DC++ dept.
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Canada.com: Canada's Copyright Board refused a request by the Canadian Private Copying Collective to hike tariffs on recordable media and ruled that existing levies be frozen through 2004. However, the board did agree to widen the reach of the levy to include MP3 players with non-removable memory. A $2 tariff will apply to players with up to one gigabyte of memory, $15 for those with up to 10 GB and $25 for those above 10 GB. The CPCC wanted a levy that would have collected $148 for a 40 GB iPod.
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by
Anonymous Coward
on Sunday December 14, @03:40PM (#1404)
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or is this a tax on an illegal activity?
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by
Anonymous Coward
on Sunday December 14, @07:54PM (#1405)
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If by that you mean P2P downloading, no. I was one of the objectors, I was at the hearings.
That these levies have anything to do with "piracy" is a misconception created by sloppy reporting that our music industry isn't trying to correct because some might actually think levies are a reasonable way to compensate artists for downloading. It is a PAYMENT for "private copying," copying music you have for your own private use, i.e. making backups and mix tapes. There is no concept of "fair use" in Canada.
Now what they have ruled is that for the purposes of determining the levies whether you're copying your own music or something you got off Kazza is irrelevant. The Board has explained that in no way does that amount to a de facto legalization of anything. Downloading a song of the Net, burning it on a CD, and giving that to your friend, involves one private copy and two infringements of copyright.
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