I guess fair use and taxes levied on blank media aren't enough for some people:
File-sharing law to tabeled next week
I for one am sick of the recording industry saying that we are infringing on any copyrights. They make enough money as it is and in some cases (I will cite Radiohead's Kid A album debut as one), actually increase the chances of a work of art to being sold in the first place.
Why can't the media industry subsidize the creation of faster Internet pipes so that people can actually download the things they want to watch and listen to, even for a
small price?
Are there really any solutions to this problem? How can we as an audience be able to purchase the things we want and not be controlled to death?
An online version of the Guide to Copyrights, according to Canadian law (
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/c...otect-e.html#6):
Quote:
Examples of infringement
Infringement:
* reprinting an article without the copyright owner's permission;
* playing records at a dance without the copyright owners' permission;
* giving a public performance of a play without permission;
* photocopying articles for a class of students without permission; and
* taping your favourite band at a music concert without permission.
Not infringement:
* quoting a few lines of the article in a research paper (fair dealing);
* playing records at home;
* giving a public performance of a play by Shakespeare (no copyright exists/public domain);
* obtaining permission from the author and paying a fee to him or her (if requested) in order to use an article; and
* borrowing a musical tape from a friend to copy onto a blank tape for private use (a royalty payment to the owner of the song rights has been paid when the blank tape was purchased). - emphasis mine.
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