Comments on: Canada’s digital economy http://www.p2pnet.net/story/23809 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: United Hackers Association http://www.p2pnet.net/story/23809/comment-page-1#comment-976960 United Hackers Association Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:28:26 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=23809#comment-976960 Har drives were deemed not leviable BTW by the supreme court Har drives were deemed not leviable BTW by the supreme court

]]> By: Robert http://www.p2pnet.net/story/23809/comment-page-1#comment-976952 Robert Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:37:03 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=23809#comment-976952 The levies were placed for personal backups/copies, kinda like making your own personal mixtape or CD for the car or Walkman(TM). They've been updated to include HDD's and flash sticks as well. But it has to be removable, so an iPod is out, even though technically it's no different than a portable HDD. Source: http://neil.eton.ca/copylevy.shtml The levies were placed for personal backups/copies, kinda like making your own personal mixtape or CD for the car or Walkman(TM).

They’ve been updated to include HDD’s and flash sticks as well. But it has to be removable, so an iPod is out, even though technically it’s no different than a portable HDD.

Source:
http://neil.eton.ca/copylevy.shtml

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/23809/comment-page-1#comment-976951 Reader's Write Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:24:52 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=23809#comment-976951 what pisses me off is the levies placed on CD-R's and DVD-R's. I thought they were put in place to protect us from accidental infringement. the RRIA and MPAA have been lobbying Canadian Politicians to help them turn the internet into a police state. what pisses me off is the levies placed on CD-R’s and DVD-R’s.
I thought they were put in place to protect us from accidental infringement.
the RRIA and MPAA have been lobbying Canadian Politicians to help them turn the internet into a police state.

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