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Dan Farrell wrote: |
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> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:07:19 -0600 |
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> Ted Ozolins <ted1@×××××.net> wrote: |
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> |
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>> In Canada you can |
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>> download/upload all the music you want legally,( we've paid for it ten |
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>> times over via a levy against all recording media) |
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> huh? would you do just a little elaborating? |
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In Canada there is a levy/tax on all blank media (CD's, DVD's, it may be |
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extended to flash media and ipods in the near future). This money is |
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then distributed to artists to compensate them for money lost due to |
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copying of their music under the Private Copying provision of the |
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Copyright Act. There have been a number of court rulings that strongly |
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indicate uploading/downloading of music in Canada falls under this |
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provision, although to my knowledge there has not been a direct |
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challenge of this fact as of yet (I suspect mostly because the CRIA |
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knows they would lose). |
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More info: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy#Canada |
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2238/125/ |
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http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/showdoc/cs/C-42/bo-ga:l_VIII//en#anchorbo-ga:l_VIII |
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(NOTE: This last link is to the Private Copying section of the |
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Copyright Act) |
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Ophi |
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