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> Quote - In Canada, we pay a special tarif on recordable media. Because of this, downloading of music & films (but not software, afaik) for personal use is legal here too.

Actually, you have part of that right. In Canada we do pay a tarif tax on blank recordable media such as Cassette Tapes, DVD's, CD's, VHS Tapes. But we also pay the tarif on things that are used to play and/or record, such as CD Burners, DVD Burners, MP3 Players, VHS machines, etc. This tarif is paid regardless of what you plan on using the media for. So if you use DVD/CD to back up your computer files for safe keeping, you are still subject to having to pay the built in tarif. Plus there is talk of that tarif being increased. Also, while sharing of MP3's is 100% legal in Canada, sharing of movies/video isn't. The ruling extended only to MP3 files, nothing else. http://www.canadiancontent.net/commtr/article_674.html http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/03/31/canada/download_court040331 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39150637,00.htm The collection of this tarif is mandatory, and it's accountable by law, and is distributed back to the recording industry. How that works, I do not know.

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