Re: iTunes nearing one Billionth download

Rob Kelk wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:33:14 +0100, ender <echo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:38:07 GMT, Rob Kelk wrote:

Where I live (Canada), all of them. We pay a licence fee on blank
CDs specifically so that we're allowed to copy or download music.

Is that really the purpose of that licence fee? Usually it's meant
just to allow you to make personal copies of CDs/tapes you own...

In March 2004, the Copyright Board (part of the judicial branch in
Canada) decided that the licence fee also applies to downloaded music.

Uploading music is still illegal, so I have to find either an
off-shore source or somebody who's breaking the law, but downloading
is fine after I've paid the licence fee (i.e. bought the blank CDs).

I wonder if anyone's ever sued for a refund for CDs used for non-music
purposes.


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