http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/03/30/the-riaas-russian-nemesis/ A Canadian Take on the Web Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:41:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/03/30/the-riaas-russian-nemesis/#comment-1278 Anonymous Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:35:41 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1418#comment-1278 I disagree with your comment that the media levy system "doesn't work" because it's not stopping people from downloading music. Provided that the levy money is getting to the content distributors and (more importantly) the artists, I'd say the levy is doing exactly what it was intended to do: Compensate content providers for losses incured by consumers freely sharing their content. (Although even that statement is difficult to proove) I disagree with your comment that the media levy system “doesn't work” because it's not stopping people from downloading music.
Provided that the levy money is getting to the content distributors and (more importantly) the artists, I'd say the levy is doing exactly what it was intended to do: Compensate content providers for losses incured by consumers freely sharing their content.
(Although even that statement is difficult to proove)

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