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Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Canada's new copyright bill

Yesterday as expected Canada got some new copyright legislation. The bill has some good and some bad, but overall is more on the side of record labels and less on the side of individuals. Law professor Michael Geist provides a nice summary of the reactions and his more detailed first reaction. My biggest complaint is we still have that tax on blank media. Even if I buy a blank CD to store some photos, a chunk of what I paid goes to some musician. Are you unhappy about that too? The Canadian Coalition for Fair Digital Access has info on the ministers to contact
Did you know that the music industry already charges you a levy on most recordable media that you buy, like blank CDs, minidisks, and audio-cassettes? Plus GST and PST!

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