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Canadian churches may be exempted from a copyright levy on cassette tapes. To qualify for this exemption, a church or an umbrella organization, must sign an agreement with the Canadian Private Copying Collective, which is the body collecting a levy of 23.3 cents per audio cassette. There is no levy on tapes 40 minutes or shorter. Under the agreement, religious organizations must specify the use of the tapes and guarantee that they will not resell blank tapes. They must also guarantee that they will not record copyrighted material, such as Christian musicians’ works, without first obtaining authorization. For more information about this agreement, look up the CPCC’s Web site at www.cpcc.ca. On Dec. 17, the Copyright Board established levies on a variety of audio recording media, including cassette tapes, MiniDiscs, CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio, CD-R and CD-RW. The levies are paid by manufacturers and importers of blank audio recording media.

 – Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

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