[d@DCC] Things that "induce" us to infringe copyright.

[Jason Young]

>>>You can liberate yourself legally and ethically from the levy by 
>>>importing blank disks directly. As I have.
>>
>>I'm living in China. If you want a large quantity cheap
>>contact me off-list. I suspect that for small quantities
>>the shipping would be prohibitive.
>
>It would only be ethical if you weren't using them to copy music and 
>only legal if you were personally importing them for your personal 
>use: importing blank media for the purpose of trade is *not* legal.

Actually, I take the ethical comment back, because I don't really 
believe it myself. The royalty model discounts the tariff for copying 
of public domain works, other non-leviable works and for use of audio 
recording media for other purposes, but it still problematic for two 
reasons: 1) at their best, these are just guesstimates of actual use; 
2) even if the model was perfectly accurate, it is based on a blended 
sale data/radio airplay assessment of copied works which 
discriminates against new and less successful artists, particularly 
artists who are turning to new distribution models - like the 
Internet - to both advertise and sell their music.
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