A Tax For Musicians That Musicians Don’t Get

In Canada blank CDs carry a 21 cent tax “collected from technology companies to reimburse the music industry for losses incurred by music copying and swapping.” Now the industry wants to increase the fee to 59 cents. There are also proposals to slap a fee on devices which record media. But there is growing opposition – “Since 1999, the CPCC has collected more than CN$28 million in copyright compensation fees. It expects to collect more than CN$100 million in levies next year.” And yet, critics point out that the music industry hasn’t paid a penny to musicians…