From: rob.mcintyreNOSPAMPLEASE@sympatico.ca   
      
   Our copyright act is currently being updated and i'd like to know what you   
   think should stay or go.   
      
   I personally think the private copying ammendment should stay. We should be   
   able to make copies of music we've purchased but I do think there should be   
   limitations on how music is distributed to third parties by the consumer.   
      
   The authors and owners of these recordings should be compensated but people   
   should be able to distribute music online, provided that it's of low   
   quality, time limited and copy controled. The later would enable people to   
   expose their friends and family to new music/artists and would be beneficial   
   for the industry.   
      
   The problem here is that the real consumer is being sandwitched by ignorant   
   pirates on one side and an industry under American influence on the other -   
   Both of which are selfish and don't want to budge in their limited opinions,   
   resulting in the levying of all Canadians who buy certain blank audio   
   cassettes, cdroms, mp3 players, etc, whether these are used for music or   
   not.   
      
   I'm sick of hearing pirates trying to justify their theft with weak   
   arguements about concert and merchandise revenues. I'm also sick of hearing   
   the music industry complain that all of their sale losses are caused by   
   piracy and not by their lack of investment in new acts and reduction of   
   their catalogs.   
      
   Both of these parties have one thing in common. They both believe someone   
   else should be paying for it. And that someone else is usually the real   
   consumer ; Those who pay for CDs, DVDs, legal downloads, concert tickets,   
   blank cd-r/cd-rw and cassettes.   
      
   I personally think the -real- consumer should have more say in this process.   
   What d'you guys think ?   
      
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