And you thought the RIAA were bad

[classical_hero]

Sweet, more American retailers will make money so they can avoid the tax.

That is what I would do.

 

[Grisu]

The good thing is that now, maybe the manufacturers of mp3-players will start selling players bare, without a disk, so that you can buy one yourself. And since a small HD isn't necessarily used in a mp3-player the tax won't apply there

 

[The Yankee]

Funny how everyone is suddenly united against a tax that will probably directly impact them.

But it's for music!

Though some of the comments of how they'd like to punish some of the offenders are way over the top. Kinda like how railfans on the Internet love to talk about torturing someone that puts graffiti on the subway or make them lick off their paint. Everyone loves capital punishment when someone encroaches on their turf.

 

[Evie]

Newsflash Amadeus : the vast majority of taxes ALREADY impact me.

I'm not against this because it's a tax. I'm against this because of the far-reaching implications of "Anything you can record music on should have special taxes on it to pay for the artists". Anything that has recording music as one of its primary purposes (ie, CD, Ipods, tapes, etc), yeah, sure. But anything that could potentially be used that way (ie, removable HDs, any computer, etc)?

That's just abuse of the laws.

 

[Shylock]

We have taxes on CD-Rs, blank tapes, etc... because file sharing is legal. It is way to give money back to the artists who stand to lose money from these devices and medias being sold.

Yeah, I'm sure the money goes to the artists.

BS artists maybe. That money goes to the government and stays there

 

[Masquerouge]

Newsflash Amadeus : the vast majority of taxes ALREADY impact me.

I know right? And the vast majority of taxes that impact me, I find fair.

This one I do not.

 

[skadistic]

Some one remind me why I should pay a tax to the music industry on an SD card I use in my camera and PSP for photos?

 

[LordRahl]

Socialism = More Taxes, no surprise there...
That's why most consumer electronics are cheapest in the U.S.A...

 

[C~G]

Socialism = More Taxes, no surprise there...
That's why most consumer electronics are cheapest in the U.S.A...

Or more like capitalistic greed exercised through government? No surprises there...

This is the organization behind suggestion as the article tells.

The Canadian Private Copying Collective is the non-profit agency charged with collecting and distributing private copying royalties. Established in 1999, CPCC is an umbrella organization that represents songwriters, recording artists, music publishers and record companies. These are the groups on whose behalf the royalties are collected. CPCC is not an arm of government.

http://cpcc.ca/english/about.htm

 

[Evie]

Besides which, calling the Canadian system "Socialism" is about as true and honest as calling the USA under GWB "Fascist".

But this is the sort of intelectual honesty that some people (on both side of the divide) seems entirely unable to handle; the fact that all that displease them can't be lumped together under an "evil" name hurts their brain.