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Rights Online  Canadian Copyright Board Quadruples Levies on
Blank Media 33  agallagh42 writes: "Computer World Canada has a
piece on increased levies for blank media. Basically, the levy
was increased from 5.2 cents to 21 cents (canadian) on CD-R and
CD-RW media. They seem to be using the "presumed guilty" idea,
and punishing everyone who uses this technology for whatever
purpose, legal or otherwise. Does this mean that, since I'm
already paying the music industry for my potential pirating,
that I can feel free to pirate all I want?"  Canadian Copyright
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Well, we should also start taxing the musical equipment too,
since that MAY be used not only to "copy" music, but to create
original music of your own! Tax cameras, because the MPAA will
want a share of your new indy picture. Tax paper, because you
might write that great american novel