But you still paid for it, at least a little bit. Blank media was taxed against piracy with the 'Private copying levy'[1]. It wasn't perfect (and could never be

But you still paid for it, at least a little bit. Blank media was taxed against piracy with the 'Private copying levy'[1]. It wasn't perfect (and could never be) since they simply tied payouts to chart position, but at least the artists still got _something_ when copies were made. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy