When you consider the sheer number of musicians, and members of Joe Public via obscene markups, who have been royally screwed by the record companies for decades, it's a wonder said record companies have any allies at all. This industry has more sharks than you'll find swimming off the Florida coast.

Canada is mulling over updated laws on this, but it already pisses me off that we are charged a levy when buying a stack of CDs to cover artists' commissions (that is if the artist ever gets to see said levy - sorry if I sound suspicious). Not only that, I'm paying this fee even if I'm using the CD's to burn my own original songs on my own computer.

So, the question that arises is this: If I've already paid a levy up front, how can they come after me when my ass is legally covered?