Could be, imagine the following: You buy a box o' 10 CD-r's. Each CD has this extra 5ct tax orso (dunno). You burn one leeched audio CD, the rest is backup. In total you pay 50ct 'tax' for that single audio CD. This is about the same (maybe somewhat less tho) compared with a normal shop CD.
So, in a way it sounds reasonable. Unless you are a backupper who really uses 10/10 CD's for backup.. then those persons would ask 'why should artist X get another Rolls Royce, only because I backup my Word documents?'
I guess it's like healthcare insurrance, we all pay. Someone else gets sick, and you stay healthy.. it may be unfair, but it's the way it works, and I think it works decently enough.
So, in a way it sounds reasonable. Unless you are a backupper who really uses 10/10 CD's for backup.. then those persons would ask 'why should artist X get another Rolls Royce, only because I backup my Word documents?'
I guess it's like healthcare insurrance, we all pay. Someone else gets sick, and you stay healthy.. it may be unfair, but it's the way it works, and I think it works decently enough.