A different view (Score 0)

Once again taking the unpopular side of things...

How, exactly, is this not fair? Many people do use cdrs and cdrws to distribute pirated music. I know that some of my friends do, and I have myself once or twice in the past (shh!) Is it fair for the music and video industry that they get no money for their products?

Really, it's not that large of a tax compared to the money that people save from pirating music instead of buying it. I think that it's not unreasonable for the music and movie industry to get 3 cents for every time a product of theirs is burned by some warez kiddie instead of being bought.

Also, maybe this will make the industries stop trying to make copy protection mandatory, if they make some money even when their products are pirated.