In article , Arny Krueger
wrote:
"Beuzee Beuzob" wrote in message


Computer discs will not work in the audio component style CD Recorders
even though they may appear to be the same.

Think of it as a tax on people who aren't savvy enough to have a CD
burner in their computer.

Or on those who *choose* as a matter of preference to have an audio CDRW
recorder as part of their audio system, and use their computer in another
room for other purposes.[1] So think of it as a 'tax' on my/our personal
freedom to choose what I find more convenient. :-) Wonder why the UK
government want me to use a computer burner as opposed to a dedicated audio
one...

Above said: The problem for me is that it does not seem to be a 'tax' at
all. So far as I have been able to tell, none of the money actually reaches
any UK musical artists, etc. Nor to the UK government. So far as I can
tell, the makers just charge a few pence more for 'audio; discs because
people will pay it.

Mind you, I don't care much as the price differential is tiny so far as I
am concerned.

It's like lotteries - basically a tax on people who are naive or others
who are knowledgeable but don't think too clearly.

Not guilty of ever buying a ticket, or even of betting on anything else
like it as far as I can recall. :-)

Slainte,

Jim

[1] Despite my computer having a CDRW writer.

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