[plug] Proposed tax on blank Cdr

[Craig Ringer]

> Quite a few people break the speed limit when driving on public roads. 
> Since the police can't catch everyone who speeds, eveyone who holds a 
> current licence will be charged $100 each 6 months whether they break 
> the speed limit or not when driving.
> 
> I personally think its ridiculous as well.  Its plain laziness on their 
> part, they can't be bothered chasing after people using them for storing 
> illegal data, so they just slug everyone for using them, even for 
> legitimate purposes.

Not quite. Just like the police would still fine the people they did 
catch, ARIA will still enthusiastically prosecute anybody they can get 
their hands on. This is just another revenue stream, an even dirtier one 
than usual.

At work we go through 3 - 5 CD-Rs every week, they're used to archive 
the data for the week's paper. Of course, every CD is used to pirate 
music ... no, really.

*arrggh*.

I don't know about you, but my impression is that people who /do/ pirate 
music in significant quantities gave up on CD a while ago in favour of 
MP3. Its such a STUPID idea...

Craig