| already paying tax! another tax?? perhaps none of you recall that a tax was implemented years ago on every spindle of blank CD's that you buy. Its built into the retail cost,and goes to support the recording industry. CD burners have the same tax built into them. haven't you ever wondered why blanks never get dirt dirt cheap?? The RIAA never mentions it because they want you to forget about it,so they can do future maneuvering such as this new tax.
I'm already unhappy simply because I don't record music on my blank cd's/dvd's, I use them exclusively for data storage. yet I too pay the tax.
The purpose of this tax was to make up for the lost income they would suffer since people would be able to copy music at home.
Since this tax already exists, I fail to see how the RIAA or MPAA gets away with suing anyone.
It was a deal the RIAA struck with the US government back in the 1988-1990 time frame.
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