RIAA and the Law

[david crooks]

Just one more point to add to this discussion, copy write laws are not  
universal, and vary from country to country.  Here in Canada, for  
example, making a copy for personal use is clearly stated as being  
legal.  (Well as clearly as anything written in legaleze!)  Further,  
we pay a tax on blank CD's (cassettes, video tape) which goes to an  
artists fund to help compensate for illegal copies.

Cheers,  Dave

[rappard]

> Just one more point to add to this discussion, copy write laws are not
> universal, and vary from country to country.  Here in Canada, for
> example, making a copy for personal use is clearly stated as being
> legal.  (Well as clearly as anything written in legaleze!)  Further,
> we pay a tax on blank CD's (cassettes, video tape) which goes to an
> artists fund to help compensate for illegal copies.

Same here (= the Netherlands).