[supercat]

There's been a solution to that issue for decades--and some of the smash-the-RIAA purists here on FR absolutely hate it, because it involved paying a small tax on CD-R/CD-RW media.

There is already such a tax on audio CD's (the only kind that can be used in audio recorders).

To what extent do you think the tax actually goes to the people whose music is being put on those CD's?

[Poohbah]

To what extent do you think the tax actually goes to the people whose music is being put on those CD's?

More than the "I-want-free-stuff" crowd is willing to pay them.