james
join:2001-02-26
antarctica
| reply to basquiat
Re: Another tax?
You are 100% correct, the current law in Canada only outlaws uploading music and so on, downloading is totally legal.
I also agree with you in your opinion that downloading a copy of something is not stealing. If you want to see an actual example of "stealing" Intellectual Property, just look at what the record labels do to the bands they represent. $30 for a CD and an insignificant fraction actually makes it to the band. Hilarious when you consider that a band could distribute their songs on their own website and make more money from a couple of ads and people who order a signed cd or tshirt directly from them.
The record labels are no longer necessary, and are now working against the interests of their clients. |
