why amazon cant ship blank cds and dvds outside the U.S.?
Some countries charge a levvy on blank media that could be used to illegally copy copyrighted material. Here’s a snippet of an article I found about it: At least 25 countries, including most G-7 and European Union members, have introduced comparable regimes with respect to the private copying of sound recordings. Canada is one of the last to do so. The USA is often held out as an example of a place where “this could never happen”, but as far as I can tell, it has been law there since December 8, 1994. It is part of Title 17, section 1004, and if you go to: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/1004.html you will find this paragraph: (b) Digital Audio Recording Media. – The royalty payment due under section1003 for each digital audio recording medium imported into and distributed in the United States, or manufactured and distributed in the United States, shall be 3 percent of the transfer price. Only the first
