Comments on: Canada rejects iPod levy http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5740 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5740/comment-page-1#comment-17636 Reader's Write Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:54:40 +0000 #comment-17636 I'm curious what your elected representatives said to you when you explained to them that you thought all of this was "a crock of shit". Are you Canadian? If so, who is your MP? Would love to file away any comments the MP made in our BLOGS http://www.digital-copyright.ca/taxonomy/view/or/1 I’m curious what your elected representatives said to you when you explained to them that you thought all of this was “a crock of shit”.

Are you Canadian? If so, who is your MP? Would love to file away any comments the MP made in our BLOGS http://www.digital-copyright.ca/taxonomy/view/or/1

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5740/comment-page-1#comment-17632 Reader's Write Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:35:52 +0000 #comment-17632 Perhaps its appropriate to note here that several jurisdictions (and in particular the UK) have no concept of fair use. In other words the copyright notice on CDs that says "no unauthorised copying" is legal and binding and hence it is illegal to rip a CD to an MP3 even for your own use. Needless to say, this doesn't change anything. Very large numbers of people use Windows player and iTunes to rip CDs as you would expect. Where this gets interesting is if Canada (or these other jurisdictions) take on board the Grokster decision. If ripping is illegal, then Apple and Microsoft are without doubt encouraging people to break the law. This modern world is rubbish. What a crock of shit. Perhaps its appropriate to note here that several jurisdictions (and in particular the UK) have no concept of fair use. In other words the copyright notice on CDs that says “no unauthorised copying” is legal and binding and hence it is illegal to rip a CD to an MP3 even for your own use.

Needless to say, this doesn’t change anything. Very large numbers of people use Windows player and iTunes to rip CDs as you would expect.

Where this gets interesting is if Canada (or these other jurisdictions) take on board the Grokster decision. If ripping is illegal, then Apple and Microsoft are without doubt encouraging people to break the law.

This modern world is rubbish. What a crock of shit.

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