[AusNOG] "ISPs agree to graduated warnings for pirates"

[Alex Samad - Yieldbroker]

I think you are thinking about the "tax" on writable cd's & dvd's 

A

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross Wheeler [mailto:ausnog at rossw.net]
> Sent: Monday, 23 February 2015 1:57 PM
> To: Alex Samad - Yieldbroker
> Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] "ISPs agree to graduated warnings for pirates"
> 
> 
> > How similar is this to the old issue with recording tv on to VHS/BETA
> > wasn't that illegal for so long. The government ruled in the people
> > favour.
> 
> Did they? Didn't they just slap an extra tax, I mean "levy" on blank media
> under the guise of some return to the "content creators" because blank
> media were only used to copy original content! (Those of us using them for
> things like publishing original content, making backups etc just had to suck it
> up, there was no exemption for 'legitimate use'). (Or am I just remembering
> it wrong?)
> 
> R.