In Canada we are taxed TWICE on all blank media, and if the Lawyers have their way,
A third or more times the value of any item capable of copying music etc., and get this
even memory and hard drives in ALL devices.
Manufacurers are fighting this tooth and nail as it would make exporting to Canada prohibitive.
A Supreme Court judge ruled that copyright infrigment was just the same as having a photocopier machine in a Library.
As long as it is for personal and private use with no monetary gain, copy and share away.
As for flogging the "Trusted Computing Environment" and Longhorn...
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
They can keep it.
My customers would rather stay a year behind.