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>> They say consumer hard drives are still illegal <<

Where?
So you're saying the millions of hard drives in Canada are illegal? Geez.. we must all be criminals up here.

The law is, and always has been, copying of copyrighted works is legal, provided you do the copying yourself (ie. you borrow a CD from a friend, copy it and return.. legal, but a friend burns a CD for you and gives you the burned copy.. illegal).

To compensate artists for potential lost sales, a levy is placed on every "blank audio recording device".

There is nothing really new about this.. except they've increased the levies to keep track with the increased number of downloads that take place due to P2P networks. It's not a perfect system, but it's several orders of magnitude better than suing 12 year olds and violating the privacy of "potential file sharers" without a court deciding there is sufficient evidence to proceed with a trial..
Posted by: d_jedi   Posted on: 12/14/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Sell the MP3 player preloaded  Nigel Johnstone | 12/12/03
True  GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/12/03
As far as I'm concerned  voska | 12/12/03
Pirate?  lotta_anger | 12/13/03
GWB's Copyright Law?  vferrara | 12/15/03
How about preloaded CDRWs?  Nigel Johnstone | 12/12/03
Copyrights dont get out a lot  ParadigmOdyssey | 12/12/03
Uh... say what?  TheWerewolf | 12/12/03
Only Buys Government Beuracrasy at Your expense  ParadigmOdyssey | 12/12/03
Wow, a thoughtful government agency.  Frihet | 12/12/03
Canadain Politics is quite differnt that US  voska | 12/12/03
Bashing policians is third Canadian national sport.  TheWerewolf | 12/12/03
Wow, Democracy! What a concept!  Spoon Jabber | 12/13/03
Canadian politicians  Ardian Daka | 12/15/03
"American Democracy" a FALLACY  MitchDev | 12/15/03
Did you quit taking your meds?  Spoon Jabber | 12/15/03
"American Democracy" a FALLACY  JABATHEHUT | 02/04/04
The Queen?  voska | 12/15/03
Missed my point, I guess  Spoon Jabber | 12/15/03
it is always easier  JWatson77 | 12/13/03
Wow, all of Canada to be sued by RIAA  FilledOut | 12/12/03
Ah, but thge Copyright Baord is almost beyond challenge  KeithRisler | 12/12/03
P2P Downloading legal..  d_jedi | 12/12/03
Here's how it works....  KeithRisler | 12/12/03
Greedy industry wants to have eat their cake and have it too  Knorthern Knight | 12/12/03
He.He....this is what you do....  boatelc | 12/13/03
Sovreignity, how dare they?  eviltwin | 12/13/03
this is as it should be  JWatson77 | 12/13/03
Uploading still illegal  John Zern | 12/13/03
Ah But what does P2P have to do with Fair-Use  ParadigmOdyssey | 12/14/03
How Do You Download Without A Hard Drive?  andyhayes1 | 12/14/03
What??  d_jedi | 12/14/03
also  voska | 12/15/03
Use a ram drive  lengua99 | 12/16/03
RIAA  Kevin_z | 12/14/03
So, now the RIAA thinks it can tell COUNTRIES...  BitTwiddler | 12/15/03
That's the problem...  becksdark | 12/15/03
More like a..  d_jedi | 12/15/03
Canadian decision inconsistent with International Copyright Treaties  aragueneau | 12/16/03
**** The RIAA  Qwerty420 | 01/22/04
F**k The RIAA  Qwerty420 | 01/22/04

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