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Note, however, that in the US there is NO levy collected on "ordinary" CD-Rs

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Originally posted by Lana
That link just once again only talks about Canada and does not anywhere mention the US, other than where it says "Even the current levy cost of $0.21 for each blank CD is already far in excess of the typical wholesale cost, forcing Canadians to frequently pay twice as much or more than Americans for the same blank CDs."

And I have never heard of any such thing in the US. Nor have I ever seen CD-R's that are labelled "CD-R Audio", so the whole levy is pointless.

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Originally posted by Lana
No they don't, because blank CDs are made primarily for computer storage, and are not in any way affiliated with the music industry.

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At least 25 countries, including most G-7 and European Union members, have introduced comparable regimes with respect to the private copying of sound recordings. Canada is one of the last to do so.

The USA is often held out as an example of a place where "this could never happen", but as far as I can tell, it has been law there since December 8, 1994. It is part of Title 17, section 1004, and if you go to:

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/1004.html

you will find this paragraph:

(b) Digital Audio Recording Media. - The royalty payment due under section1003 for each digital audio recording medium imported into and distributed in the United States, or manufactured and distributed in the United States, shall be 3 percent of the transfer price. Only the first person to manufacture and distribute or import and distribute such medium shall be required to pay the royalty with respect to such medium.

Note, however, that in the US there is NO levy collected on "ordinary" CD-Rs When the legislation was last changed (in 1994/1995) CD-Rs were not seen as a media intended for copying music. There IS a levy applied to other digital media, such as DAT and CD-R Audio.

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(b) Digital Audio Recording Media.— The royalty payment due under section 1003 for each digital audio recording medium imported into and distributed in the United States, or manufactured and distributed in the United States, shall be 3 percent of the transfer price. Only the first person to manufacture and distribute or import and distribute such medium shall be required to pay the royalty with respect to such medium.

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Note, however, that in the US there is NO levy collected on "ordinary" CD-Rs When the legislation was last changed (in 1994/1995) CD-Rs were not seen as a media intended for copying music. There IS a levy applied to other digital media, such as DAT and CD-R Audio.