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Re: Recording Industry Proposing an Increase of 181% on blank CDR media and more ....

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From: SG
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 06:17
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Frosty was telling me that the tax that was put in 2000 on CDR's does
not really apply to all products. If you buy a 10-pack of Maxell at
Costco, you will pay the tax, but if you buy a 50-pack or a 100-pack
of smartbuy or noname, you aren't paying it. Forgot the reason
though... Anyways, when you pick up a 100-pack at frosty for 28$ (that
is 28 cents a cd), you are not paying much taz taht's for sure!

"JR!" <blahblah@blahblah.com> wrote in message news:<Yu4N9.6473$iQ3.1576075@news20.bellglobal.com>...
> I can't understand why; a) I have to help pay the mortgage on Bryan Adam's
> house in the south of France, b) that no matter what we use blanks for
> (backing up our own files) we get dinged w/ the levy!
> If this goes through there will be a large black market in blank cd's just
> like there was w/ smokes a few years ago.
> JR!
> 
> 
> "PublicNews4U" <ray5@NOSPAMaccessv.com> wrote in message
> news:jeKL9.314$PM4.69155@charlie.risq.qc.ca...
> > ENGLISH MESSAGE FOLLOWING:
> >
> > Faites abolir ces redevances!
> > L'industrie de l'enregistrement propose d'augmenter de 181 % la redevance
> > per�ue sur les CD vierges, et ce n'est pas tout.
> >
> > Quel est l'enjeu?
> > Vous ne le savez peut-�tre pas, mais vous payez une redevance chaque fois
> > que vous achetez un CD vierge (0,21 $ par CD), une cassette audio vierge
> > (0,29 $ par cassette) ou un mini-disque vierge (0,77 $ par mini-disque).
>  Une
> > loi adopt�e par le gouvernement f�d�ral en 1997 permet � l'industrie de
> > l'enregistrement de percevoir ces sommes, qui doivent en principe servir �
> > d�dommager les artistes et les d�tenteurs d'un droit d'auteur pour les
> > pertes occasionn�es par la copie priv�e. Jusqu'� maintenant, pas un sou de
> > ces sommes n'a �t� distribu�. Et voil� que l'industrie de l'enregistrement
> > veut augmenter les redevances actuelles per�ues sur les CD d'au moins 181
>  %
> > et �largir ensuite cette pratique � d'autres supports et de dispositifs
> > d'enregistrement comme les DVD vierges, les cartes de m�moire Flash
> > amovibles et les lecteurs de MP3.
> >
> > Quel est le probl�me?
> > M�me si nous adh�rons au principe de protection des droits d'auteur qui
> > prot�ge les titulaires de droits d'auteur, les clients et les autres
>  parties
> > int�ress�es, le paiement d'une redevance n'est pas juste. Ce sont tous nos
> > clients qui paient cette redevance, et m�me ceux qui n'utilisent pas ces
> > produits pour enregistrer de la musique. Si l'industrie musicale obtient
>  les
> > nouvelles redevances qu'elle demande, vous assisterez � des augmentations
>  de
> > prix ph�nom�nales qui rendront certains produits inabordables.
> >
> > Quelle est la solution?
> > Il y a d'autres avenues possibles. De nouvelles techniques et de nouveaux
> > mod�les de distribution sont en cours de conception. Ils pourraient � la
> > fois ne pas nuire aux consommateurs et permettre d'assurer une juste
> > indemnisation des d�tenteurs de droits d'auteur.
> >
> > Vous pouvez faire quelque chose!
> > Dites au gouvernement qu'il devrait abroger les amendements apport�s � la
> > Loi sur le droit d'auteur qui ont permis � l'industrie de l'enregistrement
> > d'imposer ces augmentations.
> >
> > Communiquez avec Mme:
> > Sheila Copps, ministre du Patrimoine canadien - Copps.S@parl.gc.ca
> > Allan Rock, ministre de l'Industrie - Minister.industry@ic.gc.ca
> > John Manley, ministre des Finances - jmanley@fin.gc.ca
> >
> > De la Coalition Canadienne pour un Acc�s Equitable � la Technologie
> > Digitale. Pour de plus amples renseignements : www.ccfda.ca
> >
> > ====================================
> >
> > Repeal the Levy!
> >
> > Recording Industry Proposing an Increase of 181% on Blank CDs - And
> > That's Not All
> >
> > What's the issue?
> > You may not know it, but you're paying a levy every time you buy a blank
>  CD
> > (21 cents each), audiocassette (29 cents each) or minidisc (77 cents
>  each).
> > A law passed by the Federal Government in 1997 allows the money to be
> > collected by the recording industry. It's supposed to compensate artists
>  and
> > copyright holders for private copying. To date, none of the money has been
> > distributed. Now the recording industry wants to increase the current
>  levies
> > by as much as 181% in the case of CD's, and apply it to more recordable
> > media and devices such as blank DVDs, removable flash memory cards, and
>  MP3
> > players.
> >
> > What's the problem?
> > Although we support copyright protection that is fair to copyright
>  holders,
> > consumers and to other stakeholders the levy is not fair. All our
>  customers
> > are being charged for this - even those who don't use these products to
> > record music. If the music industry gets the new levies it wants, you're
> > going to be faced with dramatic price hikes that in some cases will make
>  the
> > product unaffordable.
> >
> > What's the solution?
> > Alternatives exist. New technologies and distribution models are being
> > developed that work for consumers, while providing fair compensation to
> > copyright holders.
> >
> > You can help!
> > Tell the government it should repeal changes to the Copyright Act that
> > allowed the recording industry to impose these additional charges.
> >
> > Contact the following ministers and let them know you're angry:
> > Sheila Copps, Minister of Heritage - Copps.S@parl.gc.ca
> > Allan Rock, Minister of Industry - Minister.industry@ic.gc.ca
> > John Manley, Minister of Finance - jmanley@fin.gc.ca
> >
> > From the Canadian Coalition for Fair Digital Access. For more information:
> > www.ccfda.ca
> >
> >
> >
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