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First of all, a levy on storage media? That is so weird! How the hell did that come about? Erm, multiple countries have levies like this. They, and increases
by saulrh 14y ago
First of all, a levy on storage media? That is so weird!
How the hell did that come about?
Erm, multiple countries have levies like this. They, and increases in them, are for exactly what they say on the tin: the money is given to the recording industry to cover the expected cost of any piracy that occurs using that blank media. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy
Your diatribes would be much more effective if they either had a bit more research behind them or did not succumb to poe's law.
- Sharlin 14y agoAs aw3c2 mentioned, it is not officially intended to compensate for losses caused by illegal copying (that would be highly debatable juridically) but for the fact that it is legal to make a few copies for friends and for personal use. At least as long as there's no copy protection. Not much of a right when you have to collectively pay for the "free" personal copies anyway.
- saulrh 14y agoSorry, replace "piracy" with "lost sales" in my post; even if we don't believe that, the recording industries certainly seem to.