Canadian P2P Ruling Challenged

Comments

1. 
   13 Jul 2004 ~ 6:07pm Omega65 Doesn't Canada charge a tax on all recordable media, so that copyright are compensated for any copyright infringement including that which could happen on peer to peer networks?
2. 
   13 Jul 2004 ~ 7:07pm Thrax Yes they do.
3. 
   13 Jul 2004 ~ 7:13pm Omega65 It seems to me then that the Canadian Recording Industry Association is out of luck. and should just shut up.
4. 
   13 Jul 2004 ~ 7:31pm Dexter It's technically a "levy", not a tax, because it is collected by and for a non-government body. But it's pretty much the same as a tax. They also ding you a couple of bucks when you buy an iPod or other MP3 player with "non-removable memory."
   
   From the Copyright Board of Canada http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/news/interimcopy-e.html
   
   
   
   Levy
   
   3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the levy rates shall be
   (a) 29¢ for each audio cassette of 40 minutes or more in length;
   (b) 21¢ for each CD-R or CD-RW;
   (c) 77¢ for each CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio or MiniDisc;
   (d) for non-removable memory permanently embedded in a
   digital audio recorder, $2 for each recorder that can record no
   more than 1 Gigabyte (Gb) of data, $15 for each recorder that
   can record more than 1 Gb and no more than 10 Gbs of data,
   and $25 for each recorder that can record more than 10 Gbs of
   data.
   
   
   They do waive the levies for religious organizations, broadcasters, law enforcement agencies, courts, tribunals, court reporters, provincial ministers of education and members of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, music and advertising industries. This waiver applies to all blank audio media except CD-Rs and CD-RWs.
   
   As for this appeal....ya, they should just shut up.... :Canflag:
   
   Dexter...