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beryld , yes, it's totally legal to file share **music** (the ruling doesn't apply to software, just music). I download and share music all the time. If I like enough songs on a CD, I will go and buy the CD. However if there are only 1 or 2 songs on a CD that I like, I'll download them and make my own CD of mixed songs.

In Canada we pay tariffs on blank media such as casette tapes, video tapes, CDs and DVDs regardless of what you are using them for. I don't know exactly how it works, but this tariff is directed to the music and movie industries, and is quite substantial from what I understand.

I heard a few months back about talk of increasing the tariff fees on these items. I don't know if it went through or not.

Message edited on: 11/09/2005 19:18

Message edited on: 11/09/2005 19:19

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able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi