This wouldn’t be HT if I didn’t rant about copyright law once in awhile. This article talks about how retailers are planning on dealing with the upcoming increased levy on recordable media:
In an attempt to create more awareness retailers in the CCFDA will inform consumers how much levy they paid on their bills, with in-store displays and on their Web sites.
“Our job is to tell customers where their money is going. If we can bring the price of these products down we will do it. It is in our best interest to have the best prices in town,” said Kevin Layden, president of Best Buy/Future Shop Canada.
Sounds kind of cool, but I don’t imagine they’ll mention in their displays that this levy gives Canadians the right to make as many copies as they like of CDs (provided they’re not for distribution), which happen to be for sale in aisle 10. One way or another, we’re getting screwed, and not in a Wrigglesworth Crescent kind of way.