On Tuesday 06 May 2003 22:43, Tim May wrote:
Given that a tax is already collected to make backups of music (the 1992 Home Recording Act levies a tax on blank media), if one were to buy a CD at Tower Records and then not be able to make a copy, one would expect:
-- a refund of taxes levied on blank media
or
-- a refund of the money paid for the alleged CD
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