(who is usually the owner) of the copyrighted works. So how on earth
could these "copyright fees" make it legal to make a copy?
- marty
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Marty Billingsley
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
> From: George Cohen <gcohen@thewalkerschool.org>
>
> What really gets my goat is that every blank cd or tape or anything
> recordable has a fee added to the cost to cover the copyright fees. This
> was added in the 70's when the discussion was about recording songs off of
> the radio. I don't beleive they have removed that charge. (If someone
> knows for sure that it was removed, I'll take back my rant)
>
> So your paying for the right to copyright something that they say you
> can't copy.
>
> Sounds a lot like taxation without representation to me.
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