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  dorpus, 30 Jun 2004 @ 9:30am

  
  

  Cuts both ways

  This was a round of anti-American posturing, when the "entertainment industry" referred to Hollywood. But watch the same judges rule in favor of the Canadian entertainment industry, requiring users to pay hefty fees to support the "patriotic" endeavour.
  

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    Jeremiah, 30 Jun 2004 @ 4:45pm

    
    

    Re: Cuts both ways

    Good call, dorpus.
    
    Coming from the "other" side of this issue (as a music producer), I'm a bit saddened that nobody seems to feel they ought to pay for music anymore. Believe me, i'm just as guilty with my allofmp3.com subscription, so the irony's not lost on me. I'm honestly trying to figure out where the money's going to come from in the future, and I don't mean the one-degree transaction from me; i'm talking about the whole enchilada.
    
    Any ideas, Techdirt? Mike, another "Ask Techdirt?"

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  Music is Art, 30 Jun 2004 @ 5:58pm

  
  

  No Subject Given

  Up here in Canada there is a tax (hidden) on all blank media, including CD roms, cassette tapes, vhs tapes, etc, that have the POTENTIAL to be used to copy music.
  
  This tax is quite steep; over a dollar a tape, perhaps a bit lower for CDs.
  
  This money is gathered by an organization and is supposed to be forwarded to "artists" to compensate them for their lost revenue.
  
  It is a total scam, where struggling artists cannot even afford to buy the blanks anymore to send out demos.
  
  By the way, the organization has yet to shill out one single penny to musicians.
  
  Typical Canadian Corruption.

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