tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post3325371845545305213..comments2024-03-23T13:09:54.464-04:00Comments on EXCESS COPYRIGHT: "Taxing" Canadians' Patience & PocketbooksHoward Knopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-67027176691936125152011-05-14T00:11:50.525-04:002011-05-14T00:11:50.525-04:00I didn't like having to pay a tax, or "le...I didn't like having to pay a tax, or "levy", on the CDs I bought years ago to store photos and backup my HD, but I don't see any difference between that bit of theft and this one. In fact, although I resent the presumption that the tax, or "levy", is a fee for some service that I have no intention of using, I can live with the idea of a tax on media being used to support creative activities if that is the collective will of the nation. Just don't call it a "levy" and interpret it as a fee for service unless (a)it entitles me to fill it with unlimited personal use copies of any works that I do buy and (b)there is some provision for levy-free media which are precluded from being used for copyright material (like the coloured tax-free fuel that is available in some places for farmers)Alan Cooperhttp://qpr.ca/blogsnoreply@blogger.com