To allow Canadians to legally copy music, the Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) has enforced a tax on recordable CDs since 2000. The money goes to “compensate musicians and music publishing companies” and to pay for royalties, but also to regain money supposedly lost from illegal music burning.
The CPCC is now proposing to raise the price from CN$0.21 to CN$0.59, which has been received rather poorly from consumers and technology corporations alike. In response to the CPCC’s proposal, a Canadian Coalition for Fair Digital Access has been formed, an alliance of 16 members including Dell, Sony, and Intel, among others.
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