In Canada the levy on blank media has collected over $150 Million dollars to be distributed to artists for lost royalties due to piracy. Everytime you buy blank CDs or (gasp) cassette tapes the levy is charged.
Ethical question: I have quite a few tapes and albums from way back. The artist has already been paid a royalty. Should I be allowed to download MP3s of all these songs? Why or why not?
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