Canadian Police Tolerates Piracy For Personal Use

I think that this is a giant step in the right direction. It's as if there was a sudden outburst of sense and reason. Consider this: Every time you buy a cd or track off of the internet, you would think that the artist gets a fair share of the profits. Unfortunately, artists get roughly five cents from every $20 album sold. The rest of the money goes to the recording industry (usually orginizations such as RIAA, MPAA, CRIA etc.)

In the US, you could get sued for up to $250,000 per track that you download - even for personal use. This is rediculous. Already, as Canadians, we pay a small tax on blank media such as CDs and DVDs that go straight to the artists. We are basically paying already for anything we download. Artists now, make most of their earnings from concerts and merchandise, etc. that albums are pretty much an advertising tool. The band Radiohead tried a new concept which was to offer their album InRainbows online for download for whatever price you thing is fair, and so far, it has been a success. They have made over $2 million, which went straight to them, and not some middle man. I think that the Industry is a sinking ship and more bands should follow Radiohead's lead.



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