David, I appreciate your interest in my article, but I think you missed the point when you say I missed the point, or missed the point of the point. (Now I'm dizzy.) I DID, in fact, mention the Canadian board's finding that downloading songs -- even songs you haven't paid for -- is NOT illegal. In fact, if you'd scrolled all the way to the end of the article instead of rushing off to your blog, you would have seen that I found that decision pretty ironic. The government gave the green light to an activity that it admits is harmful (by collecting taxes on that same activity in order -- allegedly -- to compensate those hurt by it). That may be logic to a Canadian bureaucrat, but to any American (and to plenty of Canadians, to judge by my mail bag), it makes no sense at all. You might as well, as I suggested, collect a figure-skating tax to compensate your ice dancers for their victimization by evil French skating judges. Finally, don’t forget, David, we write for our audiences. In the U.S., the tax itself is the item that will turn most heads. The ironical situation involving the green-light for downloading is simply the icing on the cake. Also, please note that in the short-form articles for Motley Fool takes, we focus pretty tightly on purpose. These are not meant to be long news analyses. Fool on, sj