Canada's own DMCA

[Rob Sutherland]

On Sat, 14 May 2005 02:29:18 +0000
Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:


> > 
> > One thing you're apparently forgetting, is that every time you purchase
> > a blank CD or audio cassette, you're paying a levee for the legal right
> > to copy music.  It's impossible to be a "pirate" in Canada, if you're
> > copying for your own personal use.
> 
> That is an excellent example of the LACK of "moral high ground."
> 
> And when Canadians make copies of music produced by people that aren't
> beneficiaries of that levy, the artists see no money.  Perhaps legal,
> but hardly just.

So, you feel that because of this 'lack of justice' we should simply allow the RIAA
to dictate our government policy on the issue? 

Rob 
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