Canadian Feds ponder MP3 tax !

[BigDdaGanjalist]

OTTAWA -- Rockin' on with your MP3 or burning music CDs on your computer will cost a lot more if the federal government has its way. Canadians have until May 8 to file written objections to the Copyright Board. It's proposed that the charges would take effect Jan. 1, 2003.

http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSTechNews0203/15_mp3-sun.html

You know all of this "tax for the artists" crap is going straight into the pockets of the already wealthy record labels...not the pockets of the artists! Definitely underground or independent artists will see none of this money.

In fact independent artists such as myself will now have to pay double just to buy CDs to burn music that I already own the copyright to!! not to mention backup CD's for just data!!

Please read the article and please write in if you love underground music.

 

[Warik]

Give me a fucking break. That's not going to enforce any copyright laws. All that's going to do is cause a huge spike in the blank CD industry while everyone stocks up before 2003, then you're going to see a catastrophic drop in blank CD sales because NO ONE is going to pay $100 for a spindle of blank CDs, and, even if they did, it would STILL come out cheaper than an overpriced CD!

Oh-fucking-Canada.

-Warik

 

[manny78]

they already did the same with VHS blank tapes. So I wouldn't be surprised if they do it again with CD's. I will never pay nor I never did for a damn fuckin CD albums. Only vinyls for me is worth the price.

 

[BigDdaGanjalist]

Only vinyls for me is worth the price.

It's gotta be something about huffing leftover acetate shavings that makes it worth buying them.