AU music bodies fight over CD copying proposals

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The music industry in Australia has split over whether controversial elements of the Copyright Act should be changed and a levy imposed on recordable compact discs.

At the heart of the issue is the fact that it is illegal to make personal copies of legally bought CDs in Australia, a situation which 81 percent of music industry respondents to a recent survey thought should be changed.

The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australian Music Publishers Association Ltd (AMPAL) have both come out in support of the idea that the Copyright Act 1968 should be changed to give consumers the right to copy legally-purchased CDs for their private purposes, and to institute a levy on blank CDs that would be distributed back to music creators and copyright owners as compensation. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) opposes the move.


source: http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000048590,20281274,00.htm