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2005-01-20, 21:55

Well, that is not really the reason the law is how it is in Canada.

The fact is that Canadians already pay a fee/tax on recordable media, such as cd-r, blank cassettes, even iPods (but I think they just got rid of the fee for iPods).

Anyway, that money supposedly goes back to the artists, because the government assumes that people will be copying music, so they charge everyone. (That's another discussion altogether)

That means that copying a cd from your friend or library to downloading off Kazaa or whatever is completely legal in Canada (as long as it's for personal use). However uploading songs for others to download is still illegal.

What I find upseting is that even though I can purchase a song from the iTunes store and my friends can legally copy it (for their personal use), I technically cannot share it because of Apple's restrictions.

More importantly for the student worried about what the librarian said - go ask someone who can actually kick you out of school, such as admissions, or even better, the head of your faculty.


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